diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/ras/rascore/ras_process.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/ras/rascore/ras_process.c
index 3267dcdb169c..c001074c8c56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/ras/rascore/ras_process.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/ras/rascore/ras_process.c
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ int ras_process_init(struct ras_core_context *ras_core)
 
 	ras_proc->ras_process_thread = kthread_run(ras_process_thread,
 							(void *)ras_core, "ras_process_thread");
-	if (!ras_proc->ras_process_thread) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ras_proc->ras_process_thread)) {
 		RAS_DEV_ERR(ras_core->dev, "Failed to create ras_process_thread.\n");
-		ret =  -ENOMEM;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ras_proc->ras_process_thread);
+		ras_proc->ras_process_thread = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}