diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.c b/sbin/mount/mount.c
index a33a44ad5b31..2121ae11d0eb 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.c
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ mountfs(vfstype, spec, name, flags, options, mntopts)
 	int argc, i, status;
 	char *optbuf, execname[MAXPATHLEN + 1], mntpath[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	if ((realpath(name, mntpath) != NULL) && (stat(mntpath, &sb) == NULL)) {
+	if (realpath(name, mntpath) != NULL && stat(mntpath, &sb) == 0) {
 		if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
 			warnx("%s: Not a directory", mntpath);
 			return (1);
diff --git a/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.c b/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.c
index a33a44ad5b31..2121ae11d0eb 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.c
+++ b/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ mountfs(vfstype, spec, name, flags, options, mntopts)
 	int argc, i, status;
 	char *optbuf, execname[MAXPATHLEN + 1], mntpath[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	if ((realpath(name, mntpath) != NULL) && (stat(mntpath, &sb) == NULL)) {
+	if (realpath(name, mntpath) != NULL && stat(mntpath, &sb) == 0) {
 		if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
 			warnx("%s: Not a directory", mntpath);
 			return (1);