diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index 6f1a50d50d06..fba82d36593a 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ int rds_cmsg_rdma_args(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_message *rm,
 					NULL, 0, rs, &local_odp_mr->r_key, NULL,
 					iov->addr, iov->bytes, ODP_VIRTUAL);
 			if (IS_ERR(local_odp_mr->r_trans_private)) {
-				ret = IS_ERR(local_odp_mr->r_trans_private);
+				ret = PTR_ERR(local_odp_mr->r_trans_private);
 				rdsdebug("get_mr ret %d %p\"", ret,
 					 local_odp_mr->r_trans_private);
 				kfree(local_odp_mr);