diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 6841452e0dea..393cc22c1717 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int reiserfs_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 		return -EXDEV;
 	}
 	/* We must not pack tails for quota files on reiserfs for quota IO to work */
-	if (!REISERFS_I(nd.path.dentry->d_inode)->i_flags & i_nopack_mask) {
+	if (!(REISERFS_I(nd.path.dentry->d_inode)->i_flags & i_nopack_mask)) {
 		reiserfs_warning(sb,
 				 "reiserfs: Quota file must have tail packing disabled.");
 		path_put(&nd.path);