diff --git a/core/bmi/src/ol_fw.c b/core/bmi/src/ol_fw.c
index 482b4b7b1b7c..0cc26269ee02 100644
--- a/core/bmi/src/ol_fw.c
+++ b/core/bmi/src/ol_fw.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ release_fw:
 		BMI_ERR("%s, BMI operation failed: %d", __func__, __LINE__);
 	else
 		BMI_INFO("transferring file: %s size %d bytes done!",
-			 (filename != NULL) ? filename : " ", fw_entry_size);
+			 (filename) ? filename : " ", fw_entry_size);
 	return status;
 }