diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
index db6cd8431f30..00cb70aca34a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
@@ -400,9 +400,8 @@ static int fsl_edma3_attach_pd(struct platform_device *pdev, struct fsl_edma_eng
 		link = device_link_add(dev, pd_chan, DL_FLAG_STATELESS |
 					     DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME |
 					     DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE);
-		if (IS_ERR(link)) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add device_link to %d: %ld\n", i,
-				PTR_ERR(link));
+		if (!link) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to add device_link to %d\n", i);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}