diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c
index bdfb7741779..77228f28fa3 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int rxrpc_accept_incoming_call(struct rxrpc_local *local,
 
 	trans = rxrpc_get_transport(local, peer, GFP_NOIO);
 	rxrpc_put_peer(peer);
-	if (!trans) {
+	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		_debug("no trans");
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto error;