1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 3816d5750dd5..b8bf53b4c108 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static bool event_compare(struct fsnotify_event *old, struct fsnotify_event *new
                         /* remember, after old was put on the wait_q we aren't
                          * allowed to look at the inode any more, only thing
                          * left to check was if the file_name is the same */
-                        if (old->name_len &&
+                        if (!old->name_len ||
                             !strcmp(old->file_name, new->file_name))
                                 return true;
                         break;