diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index e10f9f7a8887..014bab65e0ff 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size, size_t align, bool reserved,
 	static int warn_limit = 10;
 	struct pcpu_chunk *chunk;
 	const char *err;
-	bool is_atomic = !(gfp & GFP_KERNEL);
+	bool is_atomic = (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL;
 	int occ_pages = 0;
 	int slot, off, new_alloc, cpu, ret;
 	unsigned long flags;