diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index c9e1960fefc8..1ce2fa9dc5ad 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 	int n = 0, entries = 0, modct = 0;
 	int verbose_bytes = 0;
 
-	if (__start___verbose == __stop___verbose) {
+	if (&__start___verbose == &__stop___verbose) {
 		pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build\n");
 		return 1;
 	}