diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
index 9ccffc1d0f28dd43edbb8649ffd8fdd3c6e51431..4878ba90026df68bb0d06683df795c94ee20d7ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear/time.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void __init spear_setup_of_timer(void)
 	}
 
 	gpt_clk = clk_get_sys("gpt0", NULL);
-	if (!gpt_clk) {
+	if (IS_ERR(gpt_clk)) {
 		pr_err("%s:couldn't get clk for gpt\n", __func__);
 		goto err_iomap;
 	}