diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index ac8cc8cea1e386425a8df7847f57f5737d447b11..fea17e7805e9d5e846998c16d965711628e4bc8b 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
 	}
 	pps->dev = device_create(pps_class, pps->info.dev, pps->devno, NULL,
 							"pps%d", pps->id);
-	if (err)
+	if (IS_ERR(pps->dev))
 		goto del_cdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(pps->dev, pps);