diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 1c74a7cbf5b195347321826a5e46451a799eb76f..e595a29bf46e3a0d4d3f00c4133a93608bb784f4 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_file_size(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 {
 	struct dentry *de = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
 
-	if (de)
+	if (!IS_ERR(de))
 		d_inode(de)->i_size = file_size;
 	return de;
 }