diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 5e376bb93419..8defc6b3f9a2 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct inode *bfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	int block, off;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
 		return inode;