1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 4fbb56bcb1ee..358bb0be3c08 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
         }
 
         /* Check whether this driver has already been added to a class. */
-        if ((drv->entry.next != drv->entry.prev) ||
-            (drv->entry.next != NULL)) {
+        if (drv->entry.next && !list_empty(&drv->entry)) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "sysdev: class %s: driver (%p) has already"
                         " been registered to a class, something is wrong, but "
                         "will forge on!\n", cls->name, drv);