diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
index 32dce7176f63..b9b0ea4e2404 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int igt_evict_contexts(void *arg)
 			struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 
 			ctx = live_context(i915, file);
-			if (!ctx)
+			if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 				break;
 
 			/* We will need some GGTT space for the rq's context */