diff --git a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
index b076d8110785fa3d8deeb521a3841b6f15b4da69..d7bb8bac36e973944334409760dc56c37eb02be1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/sahara.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static int sahara_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev->hw_link[0] = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
 			SAHARA_MAX_HW_LINK * sizeof(struct sahara_hw_link),
 			&dev->hw_phys_link[0], GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dev->hw_link) {
+	if (!dev->hw_link[0]) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not allocate hw links\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_link;