diff --git a/src/cc/frontends/clang/b_frontend_action.cc b/src/cc/frontends/clang/b_frontend_action.cc
index 94bab5c41f5a..206ec0098dd6 100644
--- a/src/cc/frontends/clang/b_frontend_action.cc
+++ b/src/cc/frontends/clang/b_frontend_action.cc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ bool ProbeVisitor::VisitBinaryOperator(BinaryOperator *E) {
   return true;
 }
 bool ProbeVisitor::VisitUnaryOperator(UnaryOperator *E) {
-  if (E->getOpcode() == UO_AddrOf)
+  if (E->getOpcode() != UO_Deref)
     return true;
   if (memb_visited_.find(E) != memb_visited_.end())
     return true;
diff --git a/tests/python/test_clang.py b/tests/python/test_clang.py
index 93d8742510cf..691083d92b2e 100755
--- a/tests/python/test_clang.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_clang.py
@@ -408,6 +408,17 @@ def test_bpf_dins_pkt_rewrite(self):
         """
         b = BPF(text=text)
 
+    def test_unary_operator(self):
+        text = """
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
+int trace_read_entry(struct pt_regs *ctx, struct file *file) {
+    return !file->f_op->read_iter;
+}
+        """
+        b = BPF(text=text)
+        b.attach_kprobe(event="__vfs_read", fn_name="trace_read_entry")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()