diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 9954493cd44893..62497f5565c59d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ void i40e_dbg_pf_exit(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 void i40e_dbg_init(void)
 {
 	i40e_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(i40e_driver_name, NULL);
-	if (!i40e_dbg_root)
+	if (IS_ERR(i40e_dbg_root))
 		pr_info("init of debugfs failed\n");
 }