diff --git a/drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c b/drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c
index b6f8a65c9960dd9cb5892f27e93db398fe3fd90d..8eca55deb3a35c4a0a6ffc41130e3422d22bd926 100644
--- a/drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/msm_smd_pkt.c
@@ -379,9 +379,8 @@ static int __init smd_pkt_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_SMD_PKT_PORTS; ++i) {
 		smd_pkt_devp[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smd_pkt_dev),
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (IS_ERR(smd_pkt_devp[i])) {
-			r = PTR_ERR(smd_pkt_devp[i]);
-			pr_err("kmalloc() failed %d\n", r);
+		if (!smd_pkt_devp[i]) {
+			pr_err("kmalloc() failed\n");
 			goto clean_cdevs;
 		}