diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 82612be9477b7ab69b2f5159b1a501f4bb62e0a9..079f39a8dd3be5c68aad273cb7bbf8729022e3ae 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ int cifs_rename(struct inode *source_inode, struct dentry *source_direntry,
 			info_buf_source =
 				kmalloc(2 * sizeof(FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO),
 						GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (info_buf_source != NULL)
+			if (info_buf_source == NULL)
 				goto unlink_target;
 
 			info_buf_target = info_buf_source + 1;