diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c
index b3f6b2873fdd..5d4f44f462f0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ int __devinit spear_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	spear_pinctrl_desc.npins = machdata->npins;
 
 	pmx->pctl = pinctrl_register(&spear_pinctrl_desc, &pdev->dev, pmx);
-	if (IS_ERR(pmx->pctl)) {
+	if (!pmx->pctl) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't register pinctrl driver\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(pmx->pctl);
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	return 0;