diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index f8b4582875..52b7dd8c2c 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -445,8 +445,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) setupResolvconfWatcher() error {
 			select {
 			case event := <-watcher.Events:
 				if event.Name == "/etc/resolv.conf" &&
-					(event.Op&fsnotify.Write != 0 ||
-						event.Op&fsnotify.Create != 0) {
+					(event.Op & (fsnotify.Write | fsnotify.Create) != 0) {
 					// verify a real change happened before we go further--a file write may have happened
 					// without an actual change to the file
 					updatedResolvConf, newResolvConfHash, err := resolvconf.GetIfChanged()