diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
index f99f68e1e85bd3748c5965a0bd27c47d0f6d538e..b69dd9abb50aeb0003998b24d7df9063a6a41cb1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_device.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int omap_device_build_from_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	od = omap_device_alloc(pdev, hwmods, oh_cnt);
-	if (!od) {
+	if (IS_ERR(od)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot allocate omap_device for :%s\n",
 			oh_name);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(od);