diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 05db7473bcb5..c0306ec8ed7b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int finish_unfinished(struct super_block *s)
 		pathrelse(&path);
 
 		inode = reiserfs_iget(s, &obj_key);
-		if (!inode) {
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode)) {
 			/*
 			 * the unlink almost completed, it just did not
 			 * manage to remove "save" link and release objectid