diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 329a5d103846..c22cc9d2a5c9 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static bool dentry_connected(struct dentry *dentry)
 		struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 
 		dput(dentry);
-		if (IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
+		if (dentry == parent) {
 			dput(parent);
 			return false;
 		}