diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
index 7bc53280dbfdd91d0d2efa51bb63986a6bbf336b..5883dede34238862c8cbc8871240aa93f93ab780 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ static int create_gpio_led(const struct gpio_led *template,
 			return ret;
 
 		led_dat->gpiod = gpio_to_desc(template->gpio);
-		if (IS_ERR(led_dat->gpiod))
-			return PTR_ERR(led_dat->gpiod);
+		if (!led_dat->gpiod)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	led_dat->cdev.name = template->name;