diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index 690309c78dfb..fddb72e5f6fa 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
 		 boot_cpu_data.x86_model);
 
 	intel_idle_cpuidle_devices = alloc_percpu(struct cpuidle_device);
-	if (intel_idle_cpuidle_devices == NULL)
+	if (!intel_idle_cpuidle_devices)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init();