diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-sti.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-sti.c
index 2394cfe892b6..a334db5c9f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-sti.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-sti.c
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ static int sti_mbox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	mdev->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
-	if (!mdev->base)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(mdev->base))
+		return PTR_ERR(mdev->base);
 
 	ret = of_property_read_string(np, "mbox-name", &mdev->name);
 	if (ret)