diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index 017b4b01a69c7a747b4afab8c7591b5f2ac59a20..398d5fd741575db80757a00244fa307728c6c3ee 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct rpc_clnt *nfs4_create_sec_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *ino
 		return clone;
 
 	auth = rpcauth_create(flavor, clone);
-	if (!auth) {
+	if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
 		rpc_shutdown_client(clone);
 		clone = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 1e50326d00ddd1f7ef8931470bc1cd0ad32b4015..ddfebb128017a5f89740dcbb8a85f4f6d3a50bc8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ static int nfs4_lookup_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandl
 	int ret;
 
 	auth = rpcauth_create(flavor, server->client);
-	if (!auth) {
+	if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}