diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index e88397bd95ebaa9ac026d52a9b8edea092c5af3e..99e1da3123c9a07649008e48d2a2a56dc685d820 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1032,8 +1032,10 @@ struct iwl_drv *iwl_drv_start(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	int ret;
 
 	drv = kzalloc(sizeof(*drv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!drv)
-		return NULL;
+	if (!drv) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	drv->trans = trans;
 	drv->dev = trans->dev;
@@ -1078,7 +1080,7 @@ struct iwl_drv *iwl_drv_start(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 err_free_drv:
 #endif
 	kfree(drv);
-
+err:
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c
index e179efeddc8d88501250ba699330f4e5da82ee37..567ef014c30ad8a32040447f01966054e636b46c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(iwl_trans);
 	trans_pcie->drv = iwl_drv_start(iwl_trans, cfg);
 
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(trans_pcie->drv)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(trans_pcie->drv)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans_pcie->drv);
 		goto out_free_trans;
 	}