diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
index 643b6d0785636783538d7d504c129c588bee3a2f..56b87618b100c1d33b8829d3f9bd184f7c80f7b6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct tape_class_device *register_tape_dev(
 				device,
 				"%s", tcd->device_name
 			);
-	rc = PTR_ERR(tcd->class_device);
+	rc = IS_ERR(tcd->class_device) ? PTR_ERR(tcd->class_device) : 0;
 	if (rc)
 		goto fail_with_cdev;
 	rc = sysfs_create_link(