diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 9b18e0f9016a..69888df10c90 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ static int ovl_setup_trap(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir,
 	int err;
 
 	trap = ovl_get_trap_inode(sb, dir);
-	err = PTR_ERR(trap);
-	if (IS_ERR(trap)) {
+	err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(trap);
+	if (err) {
 		if (err == -ELOOP)
 			pr_err("overlayfs: conflicting %s path\n", name);
 		return err;