diff --git a/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
index e16b3cb1808c589dc8d2e50e426e9f973138429f..1c9830b2c84da97d808a2cd099f3d9ded3175edc 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.c
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ static int armada_thermal_probe_legacy(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	/* First memory region points towards the status register */
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(res))
-		return PTR_ERR(res);
+	if (!res)
+		return -EIO;
 
 	/*
 	 * Edit the resource start address and length to map over all the