diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c
index 240f2d9dae7a9..7945d07548751 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	unsigned long *smap;
 
 	ftmp = tmpfile();
-	BUG_ON(ftmp == 0, "tmpfile()");
+	BUG_ON(!ftmp, "tmpfile()");
 
 	ret = ftruncate(fileno(ftmp), MMAP_SZ);
 	BUG_ON(ret, "ftruncate()");