diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 610dc6a36a9d..218aa7e41970 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ static int nbd_dev_dbg_init(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(nbd_name(nbd), nbd_dbg_dir);
-	if (!dir) {
+	if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
 		dev_err(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "Failed to create debugfs dir for '%s'\n",
 			nbd_name(nbd));
 		return -EIO;
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ static int nbd_dbg_init(void)
 	struct dentry *dbg_dir;
 
 	dbg_dir = debugfs_create_dir("nbd", NULL);
-	if (!dbg_dir)
+	if (IS_ERR(dbg_dir))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	nbd_dbg_dir = dbg_dir;