diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 5056fc597ae9..cf000fd694fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1024,9 +1024,8 @@ static bool __this_cpu_has_cap(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *cap_array,
 	if (WARN_ON(preemptible()))
 		return false;
 
-	for (caps = cap_array; caps->desc; caps++)
+	for (caps = cap_array; caps->matches; caps++)
 		if (caps->capability == cap &&
-		    caps->matches &&
 		    caps->matches(caps, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU))
 			return true;
 	return false;