diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 7397167d4071be7b040fa335c445d8c19cdd9a54..535fc629f14f391ff3231b598edea03fd03eb267 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ int rtw_select_and_join_from_scanned_queue(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 	pmlmepriv->pscanned = phead->next;
 	while (phead != pmlmepriv->pscanned) {
 		pnetwork = container_of(pmlmepriv->pscanned, struct wlan_network, list);
-		if (pnetwork == NULL) {
+		if (!pnetwork) {
 			RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_mlme_c_, _drv_err_, ("%s return _FAIL:(pnetwork==NULL)\n", __func__));
 			ret = _FAIL;
 			goto exit;