1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 7669b1f3234e..acd27555dc5b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5820,7 +5820,7 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry_tr(struct trace_array *tr)
                 return tr->dir;
 
         if (!debugfs_initialized())
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
         if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL)
                 tr->dir = debugfs_create_dir("tracing", NULL);
@@ -5844,7 +5844,7 @@ static struct dentry *tracing_dentry_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
                 return tr->percpu_dir;
 
         d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry_tr(tr);
-        if (!d_tracer)
+        if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
                 return NULL;
 
         tr->percpu_dir = debugfs_create_dir("per_cpu", d_tracer);
@@ -6047,7 +6047,7 @@ static struct dentry *trace_options_init_dentry(struct trace_array *tr)
                 return tr->options;
 
         d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry_tr(tr);
-        if (!d_tracer)
+        if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
                 return NULL;
 
         tr->options = debugfs_create_dir("options", d_tracer);
@@ -6538,7 +6538,7 @@ static __init int tracer_init_debugfs(void)
         trace_access_lock_init();
 
         d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-        if (!d_tracer)
+        if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
                 return 0;
 
         init_tracer_debugfs(&global_trace, d_tracer);