diff --git a/tests/virnumamock.c b/tests/virnumamock.c
index 89e420fa4173acdabf3c37219dbc07e4df7c8773..210d15d6adf08c07a726e4c4a663e49dc1317c21 100644
--- a/tests/virnumamock.c
+++ b/tests/virnumamock.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ virNumaGetNodeCPUs(int node, virBitmapPtr *cpus)
         return -1;
 
     *cpus = virBitmapParseUnlimited(cpulist);
-    if (!cpus)
+    if (!*cpus)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = virBitmapCountBits(*cpus);