diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
index f2a202d46892..3e76f4e21094 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int vxlan_vni_update(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (changed)
+	if (*changed)
 		vxlan_vnifilter_notify(vxlan, vninode, RTM_NEWTUNNEL);
 
 	return 0;