diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
index f3f86ef68ae0c..8b6cf2bf9025a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void bond_debug_reregister(struct bonding *bond)
 
 	d = debugfs_rename(bonding_debug_root, bond->debug_dir,
 			   bonding_debug_root, bond->dev->name);
-	if (d) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(d)) {
 		bond->debug_dir = d;
 	} else {
 		netdev_warn(bond->dev, "failed to reregister, so just unregister old one\n");