diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
index 0da9862ad8ed..077f3785439e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int sun4i_drv_bind(struct device *dev)
 
 	/* Create our layers */
 	drv->layers = sun4i_layers_init(drm);
-	if (!drv->layers) {
+	if (IS_ERR(drv->layers)) {
 		dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't create the planes\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_drm;