diff --git a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
index e0f172932eca645859b8ee2e81b84564f3c8bd9c..e7dfc5eec6698d0b9c13f08f51c14aa9d99b20dd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static struct tracing_map_elt *copy_elt(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	dup_elt = tracing_map_elt_alloc(elt->map);
-	if (!dup_elt)
+	if (IS_ERR(dup_elt))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (elt->map->ops && elt->map->ops->elt_copy)