diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_request.c
index 0e8d2e7f8c7032ad73b4e99899dd21cfb0d414b5..8097e3693ec484332b333f35e98c012d17e7bf0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_request.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mock_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 
 	/* NB the i915->requests slab cache is enlarged to fit mock_request */
 	request = i915_gem_request_alloc(engine, context);
-	if (!request)
+	if (IS_ERR(request))
 		return NULL;
 
 	mock = container_of(request, typeof(*mock), base);