diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index e1f4ef2bddd4..64cc746396ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ int ldebugfs_seq_create(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
 	struct dentry *entry;
 
 	/* Disallow secretly (un)writable entries. */
-	LASSERT((seq_fops->write == NULL) == ((mode & 0222) == 0));
+	LASSERT((!seq_fops->write) == ((mode & 0222) == 0));
 
 	entry = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, seq_fops);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(entry))