diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
index b9bb974faacdf0db64d5cfec9011a3f5cac204e8..bf66c199a8335c1bdcfa00a7fbebafd76dcc722c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static struct sync_fence *sync_fence_alloc(const char *name)
 
 	fence->file = anon_inode_getfile("sync_fence", &sync_fence_fops,
 					 fence, 0);
-	if (fence->file == NULL)
+	if (IS_ERR(fence->file))
 		goto err;
 
 	kref_init(&fence->kref);