diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
index 8f9bbef71f23..7a226316c48f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static void arm_trbe_register_coresight_cpu(struct trbe_drvdata *drvdata, int cp
 	 * into the device for that purpose.
 	 */
 	desc.pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*desc.pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (IS_ERR(desc.pdata))
+	if (!desc.pdata)
 		goto cpu_clear;
 
 	desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;