diff --git a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
index 084bd1d1ac1d..0e913fd6b592 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void ndev_init_debugfs(struct intel_ntb_dev *ndev)
 		ndev->debugfs_dir =
 			debugfs_create_dir(pci_name(ndev->ntb.pdev),
 					   debugfs_dir);
-		if (!ndev->debugfs_dir)
+		if (IS_ERR(ndev->debugfs_dir))
 			ndev->debugfs_info = NULL;
 		else
 			ndev->debugfs_info =