diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_capture.c
index 2d28a96e777545635f1eb45c30cc5deed0c9e5be..41890a9388305bd807399974b3c1804eb663ee38 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_capture.c
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@ static int vpif_reqbufs(struct file *file, void *priv,
 
 	/* Initialize videobuf2 queue as per the buffer type */
 	common->alloc_ctx = vb2_dma_contig_init_ctx(vpif_dev);
-	if (!common->alloc_ctx) {
+	if (IS_ERR(common->alloc_ctx)) {
 		vpif_err("Failed to get the context\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return PTR_ERR(common->alloc_ctx);
 	}
 	q = &common->buffer_queue;
 	q->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
index 977ee436c334f8a8493eafc5e02389a13dea1bd6..e5109ae0593d7b93ed1a38ca19a3e226d696a5df 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
@@ -972,9 +972,9 @@ static int vpif_reqbufs(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	}
 	/* Initialize videobuf2 queue as per the buffer type */
 	common->alloc_ctx = vb2_dma_contig_init_ctx(vpif_dev);
-	if (!common->alloc_ctx) {
+	if (IS_ERR(common->alloc_ctx)) {
 		vpif_err("Failed to get the context\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return PTR_ERR(common->alloc_ctx);
 	}
 	q = &common->buffer_queue;
 	q->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT;