diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
index 7948cabde50b4..7e2067628a6ce 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ static int kcs_bmc_serio_add_device(struct kcs_bmc_device *kcs_bmc)
 	struct serio *port;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(kcs_bmc->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Use kzalloc() as the allocation is cleaned up with kfree() via serio_unregister_port() */
 	port = kzalloc(sizeof(*port), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!(priv && port))
+	if (!port)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	port->id.type = SERIO_8042;