diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
index 864b541bbf5171eb1a4b3338583af6dc2fe41c19..2be714e9b382742be19d7c628f292500d65f77ce 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ proc_dodebug(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *file,
 			left--, s++;
 		*(unsigned int *) table->data = value;
 		/* Display the RPC tasks on writing to rpc_debug */
-		if (table->ctl_name == CTL_RPCDEBUG) {
+		if (strcmp(table->procname, "rpc_debug") == 0)
 			rpc_show_tasks();
-		}
 	} else {
 		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buffer, left))
 			return -EFAULT;