1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vio.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vio.c
index 93c437a0911b..c90e1dd875ce 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vio.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vio.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vio_unregister_driver);
 static const struct vio_device_id *vio_match_device(
                 const struct vio_device_id *ids, const struct vio_dev *dev)
 {
-        while (ids->type) {
+        while (ids->type[0] != '\0') {
                 if (vio_bus_ops.match(ids, dev))
                         return ids;
                 ids++;