diff --git a/include/linux/bitfield.h b/include/linux/bitfield.h
index 65a6981eef7b..3f1ef4450a7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitfield.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitfield.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	({								\
 		BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__builtin_constant_p(_mask),		\
 				 _pfx "mask is not constant");		\
-		BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!(_mask), _pfx "mask is zero");	\
+		BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG((_mask) == 0, _pfx "mask is zero");	\
 		BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__builtin_constant_p(_val) ?		\
 				 ~((_mask) >> __bf_shf(_mask)) & (_val) : 0, \
 				 _pfx "value too large for the field"); \