diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index ef817a0475ff..3e724cb7ef01 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ static void ff_layout_cancel_io(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 	for (idx = 0; idx < flseg->mirror_array_cnt; idx++) {
 		mirror = flseg->mirror_array[idx];
 		mirror_ds = mirror->mirror_ds;
-		if (!mirror_ds)
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mirror_ds))
 			continue;
 		ds = mirror->mirror_ds->ds;
 		if (!ds)