diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 5449c6c086aa..1ed734a7fb31 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -6363,7 +6363,7 @@ static void hci_le_pa_sync_estabilished_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data,
 	pa_sync = hci_conn_add_unset(hdev, ISO_LINK, BDADDR_ANY,
 				     HCI_ROLE_SLAVE);
 
-	if (!pa_sync)
+	if (IS_ERR(pa_sync))
 		goto unlock;
 
 	pa_sync->sync_handle = le16_to_cpu(ev->handle);