diff --git a/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepInitiateMsgVer1.java b/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepInitiateMsgVer1.java
index 5b47f53..a0c74d2 100644
--- a/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepInitiateMsgVer1.java
+++ b/pcep/pcepio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pcepio/protocol/ver1/PcepInitiateMsgVer1.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 
             boolean isDelLspRequest = false;
 
-            if (null == cb) {
+            if (cb == null) {
                 throw new PcepParseException("Channel buffer is empty");
             }