diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
index d51b07d620f7..d8ef9e052c4f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int snvs_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "offset", &data->offset);
 	}
 
-	if (!data->regmap) {
+	if (IS_ERR(data->regmap)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't find snvs syscon\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}