diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
index 30612719e2f1..92af7d1b6f5b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ void *knav_pool_create(const char *name,
 	}
 
 	pool->queue = knav_queue_open(name, KNAV_QUEUE_GP, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pool->queue)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(pool->queue)) {
 		dev_err(kdev->dev,
 			"failed to open queue for pool(%s), error %ld\n",
 			name, PTR_ERR(pool->queue));