diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index d5a238e6e6ed..832e2b86c541 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 	 * flushing the data to disk is handled separately below.
 	 */
 
-	if (file->f_op->fsync == 0) {/* COMMIT3 cannot work */
+	if (!file->f_op->fsync) {/* COMMIT3 cannot work */
 	       stable = 2;
 	       *stablep = 2; /* FILE_SYNC */
 	}