diff --git a/src/runtime_linux.cc b/src/runtime_linux.cc
index e59111f..e150d8e 100644
--- a/src/runtime_linux.cc
+++ b/src/runtime_linux.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   // TODO: in practice, we may find that we should use backtrace_symbols_fd
   // to avoid allocation, rather than use our own custom formatting.
   art::scoped_ptr_malloc<char*> symbols(backtrace_symbols(frames, frame_count));
-  if (symbols.get() == NULL) {
+  if (symbols == NULL) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "backtrace_symbols failed";
     return;
   }