diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
index dad671dee9e92172c04142a7dfd4ae6dcc8d206c..f941b6232614994e2a8544e9c46b1d7d2c7e8e33 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ static int pscsi_do_task(struct se_task *task)
 
 		req = blk_make_request(pdv->pdv_sd->request_queue, hbio,
 				       GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!req) {
+		if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 			pr_err("pSCSI: blk_make_request() failed\n");
 			goto fail;
 		}