diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 884a6e776809..c7843b149a1e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static int ext4_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
 	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)) {
 		if (len != name->len)
 			return -1;
-		return !memcmp(str, name, len);
+		return memcmp(str, name->name, len);
 	}
 
 	return ext4_ci_compare(dentry->d_parent->d_inode, name, &qstr);