diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
index 7012068ccbf65542f3c184e41e72d427ee7840fa..a51ece491b91b370d1b5da84df3367a562bfe4d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static struct platform_device *create_dss_pdev(const char *pdev_name,
 
 	ohs[0] = oh;
 	od = omap_device_alloc(pdev, ohs, 1, NULL, 0);
-	if (!od) {
+	if (IS_ERR(od)) {
 		pr_err("Could not alloc omap_device for %s\n", pdev_name);
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;