diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 651d5d4f75586d1703143f69efe257a712c8fad6..f73fc4a22a4d90d988228ebe8cf1fdddefbd1395 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 		break; /* Success, it was handled */
 	case 1: /* Bound violation. */
 		info = mpx_generate_siginfo(regs, xsave_buf);
-		if (PTR_ERR(info)) {
+		if (IS_ERR(info)) {
 			/*
 			 * We failed to decode the MPX instruction.  Act as if
 			 * the exception was not caused by MPX.