diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xattr.h b/include/uapi/linux/xattr.h
index c38355c1f3c9..1590c49cae57 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/xattr.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_XATTR_H
 #define _UAPI_LINUX_XATTR_H
 
-#ifdef __UAPI_DEF_XATTR
+#if __UAPI_DEF_XATTR
 #define __USE_KERNEL_XATTR_DEFS
 
 #define XATTR_CREATE	0x1	/* set value, fail if attr already exists */