1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 11849a44dc5a..23adcbf374d3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dlm_init_debug(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
                                                          osb->osb_debug_root,
                                                          osb,
                                                          &ocfs2_dlm_debug_fops);
-        if (!dlm_debug->d_locking_state) {
+        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dlm_debug->d_locking_state)) {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
                 mlog(ML_ERROR,
                      "Unable to create locking state debugfs file.\n");