diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 1521d3a4fc..044c0ee218 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-04-05	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
+
+	PR 1701/filesystems
+	* libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c: Fix sense of assert.
+
 2011-04-05	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* score/src/heap.c: Avoid integer overflow.
diff --git a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
index 98616d1b36..56722a186c 100644
--- a/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
+++ b/cpukit/libfs/src/imfs/memfile.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ MEMFILE_STATIC ssize_t IMFS_memfile_read(
    */
   IMFS_assert( the_jnode );
   IMFS_assert( the_jnode->type == IMFS_MEMORY_FILE ||
-       the_jnode->type != IMFS_LINEAR_FILE );
+       the_jnode->type == IMFS_LINEAR_FILE );
   IMFS_assert( dest );
 
   /*