diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
index 36520634c96a..e77192683dba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
@@ -2369,8 +2369,8 @@ static int hns_nic_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			priv->enet_ver = AE_VERSION_2;
 
 		ae_node = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "ae-handle", 0);
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ae_node)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(ae_node);
+		if (!ae_node) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
 			dev_err(dev, "not find ae-handle\n");
 			goto out_read_prop_fail;
 		}