diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 558efdfd717df3f0e2a5fed49d9e27bde95e56bb..07d708498500cda946f26282275bbb0972dab52e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static void soc_cleanup_card_debugfs(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 static void snd_soc_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	snd_soc_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("asoc", NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(snd_soc_debugfs_root) || !snd_soc_debugfs_root) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(snd_soc_debugfs_root)) {
 		pr_warn("ASoC: Failed to create debugfs directory\n");
 		snd_soc_debugfs_root = NULL;
 		return;