diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index c4e00ac8ea85..1bcecc7dd2ca 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ static int acpi_thermal_register_thermal_zone(struct acpi_thermal *tz)
 			tz->trips.active[i].flags.valid; i++, trips++);
 	tz->thermal_zone = thermal_zone_device_register("ACPI thermal zone",
 					trips, tz, &acpi_thermal_zone_ops);
-	if (!tz->thermal_zone)
+	if (IS_ERR(tz->thermal_zone))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	result = sysfs_create_link(&tz->device->dev.kobj,