diff --git a/drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c b/drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c
index 14d90eae605bcea74c7d5f1d02b5700de93957dc..55e913b7eb114610aa61f6eb1b481daf7a868de9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c
@@ -954,10 +954,7 @@ static int data_debugfs_init(struct fpga_device *priv)
 {
 	priv->dbg_entry = debugfs_create_file(drv_name, S_IRUGO, NULL, priv,
 					      &data_debug_fops);
-	if (IS_ERR(priv->dbg_entry))
-		return PTR_ERR(priv->dbg_entry);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(priv->dbg_entry);
 }
 
 static void data_debugfs_exit(struct fpga_device *priv)