diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-vcif.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-vcif.c
index 9aa980d38231d23fc8e2810b50c243c3987f1612..48678533da7af1641f56c6b3e2dcfca67d8dbedc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-vcif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-vcif.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int davinci_vcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	davinci_vcif_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct davinci_vcif_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!davinci_vc) {
+	if (!davinci_vcif_dev) {
 		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev,
 			"could not allocate memory for private data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;