1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/util.c b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/util.c
index a61abc2c6..e6758e093 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/util.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/old_e2fsprogs/util.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void parse_journal_opts(char **journal_device, int *journal_flags,
                 }
                 if (strcmp(token, "device") == 0) {
                         *journal_device = blkid_get_devname(NULL, arg, NULL);
-                        if (!journal_device) {
+                        if (!*journal_device) {
                                 journal_usage++;
                                 continue;
                         }