diff --git a/fs/efs/inode.c b/fs/efs/inode.c
index f3913eb2c474..d15ccf20f1b3 100644
--- a/fs/efs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efs/inode.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct inode *efs_iget(struct super_block *super, unsigned long ino)
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(super, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
 		return inode;