diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-socket.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-socket.c
index 654a7b262188..b7b87ecefcdf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-socket.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-socket.c
@@ -393,8 +393,10 @@ lnet_sock_create(struct socket **sockp, int *fatal, __u32 local_ip,
 		memset(&locaddr, 0, sizeof(locaddr));
 		locaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 		locaddr.sin_port = htons(local_port);
-		locaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = !local_ip ?
-					  INADDR_ANY : htonl(local_ip);
+		if (!local_ip)
+			locaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+		else
+			locaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(local_ip);
 
 		rc = kernel_bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&locaddr,
 				 sizeof(locaddr));