diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index c99c00d35d34f73d7ceca6cbf1e68b163fcc502a..22e5d2ffebd8627b75d5892b9547c981f0868deb 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -993,10 +993,10 @@ static int __init devfreq_init(void)
 	}
 
 	devfreq_wq = create_freezable_workqueue("devfreq_wq");
-	if (IS_ERR(devfreq_wq)) {
+	if (!devfreq_wq) {
 		class_destroy(devfreq_class);
 		pr_err("%s: couldn't create workqueue\n", __FILE__);
-		return PTR_ERR(devfreq_wq);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	devfreq_class->dev_groups = devfreq_groups;