diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
index 78277a118b67..61caed506c31 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static int __devinit sh_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	rtc->rtc_dev = rtc_device_register("sh", &pdev->dev,
 					   &sh_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
 		goto err_badmap;
 	}