diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c b/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
index 24a9953ad464c9..609a67ac622827 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_io.c
@@ -377,11 +377,9 @@ int32_t SystemNative_MemfdSupported(void)
     int32_t major, minor;
 
     // memfd_create is only known to work properly on kernel version > 3.17 and throws SIGSEGV instead of ENOTSUP
-    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d", &major, &minor) == 2)
+    if (sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d", &major, &minor) == 2 && major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 17))
     {
-        if (major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 17)) {
-            return 0;
-        }
+        return 0;
     }
 #endif