diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index e45070d7f219..0311b96a2eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ void ll_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 
 	next = 0;
-	while ((obd = class_devices_in_group(&sbi->ll_sb_uuid, &next)) !=NULL)
+	while ((obd = class_devices_in_group(&sbi->ll_sb_uuid, &next)))
 		class_manual_cleanup(obd);
 
 	if (sbi->ll_flags & LL_SBI_VERBOSE)