diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror_test.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror_test.c
index 8c47dea7a2c1..8c4f168c8e99 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror_test.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror_test.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test_cmp_map(struct kunit *test, const struct status_to_posix_error *expect)
 	const struct status_to_posix_error *result;
 
 	result = smb2_get_err_map_test(expect->smb2_status);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_NE(test, NULL, result);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, result);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, expect->smb2_status, result->smb2_status);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, expect->posix_error, result->posix_error);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, expect->status_string, result->status_string);