diff --git a/drivers/char/bsr.c b/drivers/char/bsr.c
index c02db01f736ea46bc536190910a2f4a9e336bfbb..3b31f744b7af8c91dbe685929a46fb9155a4f3f6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/bsr.c
+++ b/drivers/char/bsr.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int bsr_add_node(struct device_node *bn)
 
 		cur->bsr_device = device_create(bsr_class, NULL, cur->bsr_dev,
 						cur, cur->bsr_name);
-		if (!cur->bsr_device) {
+		if (IS_ERR(cur->bsr_device)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "device_create failed for %s\n",
 			       cur->bsr_name);
 			cdev_del(&cur->bsr_cdev);