diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
index 3a0882ee1642..5979ab3afd81 100644
--- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
+++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
@@ -3890,7 +3890,7 @@ static int mtip_block_initialize(struct driver_data *dd)
 
 	/* Allocate the request queue. */
 	dd->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&dd->tags);
-	if (dd->queue == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(dd->queue)) {
 		dev_err(&dd->pdev->dev,
 			"Unable to allocate request queue\n");
 		rv = -ENOMEM;