diff --git a/crypto/tcrypt.c b/crypto/tcrypt.c
index f5e9da319ece70cf6823a94947c3ee4f08273d89..8eaa5aa210b0d1983f40d57584c52f04889a88e4 100644
--- a/crypto/tcrypt.c
+++ b/crypto/tcrypt.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static void test_deflate(void)
 	tv = (void *)tvmem;
 
 	tfm = crypto_alloc_comp("deflate", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-	if (tfm == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
 		printk("failed to load transform for deflate\n");
 		return;
 	}