diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/gss/gss_krb5_mech.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
index 6eda1799be8f..d03f6c114171 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ __s32 krb5_make_checksum(__u32 enctype,
 	__u32		  code = GSS_S_FAILURE;
 	int		    rc;
 
-	if (!(tfm = ll_crypto_alloc_hash(ke->ke_hash_name, 0, 0))) {
+	tfm = ll_crypto_alloc_hash(ke->ke_hash_name, 0, 0);
+	if (!tfm) {
 		CERROR("failed to alloc TFM: %s\n", ke->ke_hash_name);
 		return GSS_S_FAILURE;
 	}