diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 8847d6eb23131b7df5e32c94fea1b8a4018f15fa..44f9aa7ec0c0a63e089137342accb6a52ab48ef7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void __init realtime_counter_init(void)
 		return;
 	}
 	sys_clk = clk_get(NULL, "sys_clkin_ck");
-	if (!sys_clk) {
+	if (IS_ERR(sys_clk)) {
 		pr_err("%s: failed to get system clock handle\n", __func__);
 		iounmap(base);
 		return;