diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_trust.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_trust.c
index f6a009d88a33..1f4e25f10049 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_trust.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_trust.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int pkcs7_validate_trust_one(struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7,
 		 /* Self-signed certificates form roots of their own, and if we
 		  * don't know them, then we can't accept them.
 		  */
-		if (x509->next == x509) {
+		if (x509->signer == x509) {
 			kleave(" = -ENOKEY [unknown self-signed]");
 			return -ENOKEY;
 		}