diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
index e47fd50b2a2ed53c1fa87226eb170e3a2d92c686..3191a398675d1d69bda59580ff85031e9cedd9a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/fld/fld_request.c
@@ -504,10 +504,7 @@ static int __init fld_mod_init(void)
 	fld_type_proc_dir = lprocfs_register(LUSTRE_FLD_NAME,
 					     proc_lustre_root,
 					     NULL, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(fld_type_proc_dir))
-		return PTR_ERR(fld_type_proc_dir);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(fld_type_proc_dir);
 }
 
 static void __exit fld_mod_exit(void)