diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index b0901ee5a0025f93e32287c1acbb3ef0ded0f47a..43f7495df27a932659c714fbf7b897ab6eca2716 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ flow_cache_lookup(struct net *net, const struct flowi *key, u16 family, u8 dir,
 		else
 			fle->genid--;
 	} else {
-		if (flo && !IS_ERR(flo))
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(flo))
 			flo->ops->delete(flo);
 	}
 ret_object: