diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
index 5e6fbe4c976a97f0154c4a8da1d36338c5664a78..4e7a3829ea559ab228c7fb1b639a195d7005eefe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7854-i2c.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int ade7854_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*st));
-	if (indio_dev == NULL)
+	if (!indio_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, indio_dev);