diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_core.c
index 90cc18b703cf..6befa6f8b2e0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_core.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ int hmc5843_common_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap,
 	int ret;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(dev, sizeof(*data));
-	if (indio_dev == NULL)
+	if (!indio_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, indio_dev);