diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 63437d065ac89d69bbc6e70fd3789e64ac7e1d6a..298c9276dfdb378877249384db860c3658485ef2 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@ int lock_is_held(struct lockdep_map *lock)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion))
-		return ret;
+		return 1; /* avoid false negative lockdep_assert_held() */
 
 	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
 	check_flags(flags);