1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
index 4952a617563d..f13a3f7e2e8f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ static int aat2870_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
         bd = backlight_device_register("aat2870-backlight", &pdev->dev,
                                        aat2870_bl, &aat2870_bl_ops, &props);
-        if (!bd) {
+        if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
                 dev_err(&pdev->dev,
                         "Failed allocate memory for backlight device\n");
-                ret = -ENOMEM;
+                ret = PTR_ERR(bd);
                 goto out_kfree;
         }