diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
index 179490d74bfd50fddafeaca1204d6fc7939ccf60..cb9f0f27308de0dd439844cc06742a74caa52899 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
@@ -3320,14 +3320,14 @@ int nes_accept(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 				nesqp->ietf_frame_pbase + mpa_frame_offset,
 				buff_len, IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE,
 				&tagged_offset);
-		if (!ibmr) {
+		if (IS_ERR(ibmr)) {
 			nes_debug(NES_DBG_CM, "Unable to register memory region"
 				  "for lSMM for cm_node = %p \n",
 				  cm_node);
 			pci_free_consistent(nesdev->pcidev,
 					    nesqp->private_data_len + nesqp->ietf_frame_size,
 					    nesqp->ietf_frame, nesqp->ietf_frame_pbase);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return PTR_ERR(ibmr);
 		}
 
 		ibmr->pd = &nespd->ibpd;