diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 118a938776bd9eec7a79372a915c3498f7610103..273db0beb2b88ffeb588307ce08b2cb40120c790 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -1547,8 +1547,10 @@ static int atmel_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	as->pdev = pdev;
 	as->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, regs);
-	if (!as->regs)
+	if (IS_ERR(as->regs)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(as->regs);
 		goto out_free_buffer;
+	}
 	as->phybase = regs->start;
 	as->irq = irq;
 	as->clk = clk;