diff --git a/sycl-fusion/passes/kernel-fusion/SYCLSpecConstMaterializer.cpp b/sycl-fusion/passes/kernel-fusion/SYCLSpecConstMaterializer.cpp
index 39ef24ff3af6a..ffcb81a97ca18 100644
--- a/sycl-fusion/passes/kernel-fusion/SYCLSpecConstMaterializer.cpp
+++ b/sycl-fusion/passes/kernel-fusion/SYCLSpecConstMaterializer.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ bool SYCLSpecConstMaterializer::readMetadata() {
 PreservedAnalyses SYCLSpecConstMaterializer::run(Function &F,
                                                  FunctionAnalysisManager &) {
   if (const char *DebugEnv = std::getenv("SYCL_JIT_COMPILER_DEBUG"))
-    if (0 == strstr(DebugEnv, DEBUG_TYPE)) {
+    if (strstr(DebugEnv, DEBUG_TYPE)) {
       DebugFlag = true;
       llvm::setCurrentDebugType(DEBUG_TYPE);
     }