diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index adc5f1b..2a514e2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
 static int nfs3svc_decode_getaclargs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
 		struct nfsd3_getaclargs *args)
 {
-	if (!(p = nfs3svc_decode_fh(p, &args->fh)))
+	p = nfs3svc_decode_fh(p, &args->fh);
+	if (!p)
 		return 0;
 	args->mask = ntohl(*p); p++;
 
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@
 	unsigned int base;
 	int n;
 
-	if (!(p = nfs3svc_decode_fh(p, &args->fh)))
+	p = nfs3svc_decode_fh(p, &args->fh);
+	if (!p)
 		return 0;
 	args->mask = ntohl(*p++);
 	if (args->mask & ~(NFS_ACL|NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_DFACL|NFS_DFACLCNT) ||