diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
index a90480f80154..49686bf740e6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysfs.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static ssize_t rpc_sysfs_xprt_switch_add_xprt_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	xprt_create_args.reconnect_timeout = xprt->max_reconnect_timeout;
 
 	new = xprt_create_transport(&xprt_create_args);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(new)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		count = PTR_ERR(new);
 		goto out_put_xprt;
 	}