diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 440281f8564d..d54f41a63dbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ static inline bool vma_is_fsdax(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
 		return false;
 	inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
-	if (inode->i_mode == S_IFCHR)
+	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
 		return false; /* device-dax */
 	return true;
 }