diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index dec47ed..4e2d9b6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	size_t desclen = typelen + namelen + 2;
 
 	*desc = kmalloc(desclen, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!desc)
+	if (!*desc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cp = *desc;