diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
index ab0ab5cf0f6e1..1c6cd5276a50e 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ static int ifcvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	adapter = vdpa_alloc_device(struct ifcvf_adapter, vdpa,
 				    dev, &ifc_vdpa_ops, NULL);
-	if (adapter == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(adapter)) {
 		IFCVF_ERR(pdev, "Failed to allocate vDPA structure");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return PTR_ERR(adapter);
 	}
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);