diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index 337822115bbcfa47c313c398724773e49c2a23e9..203e74fa64aa661391733bc92b8f5dc26bd00681 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_lastblock(
 	 * maxlen, go to the start of this block, and skip all those smaller
 	 * than minlen.
 	 */
-	if (len || args->alignment > 1) {
+	if (*len || args->alignment > 1) {
 		acur->cnt->bc_ptrs[0] = 1;
 		do {
 			error = xfs_alloc_get_rec(acur->cnt, bno, len, &i);