diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 0a2399d958b7..cf659c8feb29 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1521,14 +1521,6 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	return r;
 }
 
-/*
- * Check whether a DM target is a verity target.
- */
-bool dm_is_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti)
-{
-	return ti->type->module == THIS_MODULE;
-}
-
 /*
  * Get the verity mode (error behavior) of a verity target.
  *
@@ -1582,6 +1574,14 @@ static struct target_type verity_target = {
 };
 module_dm(verity);
 
+/*
+ * Check whether a DM target is a verity target.
+ */
+bool dm_is_verity_target(struct dm_target *ti)
+{
+	return ti->type == &verity_target;
+}
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mandeep Baines <msb@chromium.org>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>");