diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index 5d4d9184635758556715637e43c45bec476df970..96168b8190449ccc1bee6e24ef0758af1bb3c69c 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -2669,9 +2669,9 @@ static int __init mport_init(void)
 
 	/* Create device class needed by udev */
 	dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME);
-	if (!dev_class) {
+	if (IS_ERR(dev_class)) {
 		rmcd_error("Unable to create " DRV_NAME " class");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return PTR_ERR(dev_class);
 	}
 
 	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev_number, 0, RIO_MAX_MPORTS, DRV_NAME);