diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm.c
index 09b4df74291e2618e95e842dc4f5d7bdb178ec93..bb865695d7a62d20fa66800c8ed421dcfa8cd8c2 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm.c
@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ static int __init ptp_kvm_init(void)
 
 	kvm_ptp_clock.ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&kvm_ptp_clock.caps, NULL);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(kvm_ptp_clock.ptp_clock))
-		return PTR_ERR(kvm_ptp_clock.ptp_clock);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(kvm_ptp_clock.ptp_clock);
 }
 
 module_init(ptp_kvm_init);