diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
index c91fe6fe8d08..9636970d9611 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
@@ -912,7 +912,8 @@ static int _cxlflash_disk_detach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	 * Release the context reference and the sdev reference that
 	 * bound this LUN to the context.
 	 */
-	put_ctx = !kref_put(&ctxi->kref, remove_context);
+	if (kref_put(&ctxi->kref, remove_context))
+		put_ctx = false;
 	scsi_device_put(sdev);
 out:
 	if (put_ctx)