diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 93cb398..fa6e38f 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static unsigned long shmem_unused_huge_shrink(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 
 		index = (inode->i_size & HPAGE_PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		folio = filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index);
-		if (!folio)
+		if (IS_ERR(folio))
 			goto drop;
 
 		/* No huge page at the end of the file: nothing to split */
@@ -3214,7 +3214,7 @@ static const char *shmem_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	if (!dentry) {
 		folio = filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, 0);
-		if (!folio)
+		if (IS_ERR(folio))
 			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 		if (PageHWPoison(folio_page(folio, 0)) ||
 		    !folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {