diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 8129a430d789d92865a5ad71c0d5d9af43a87509..2f117c57160dc01c8f1cd09620eabf31ad84de45 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ void 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;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_file_size);