diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36523.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36523.c
index 9632b9e95b71..c4a804c5d6aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36523.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36523.c
@@ -1266,9 +1266,9 @@ static int nt36523_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi)
 			return dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "cannot get secondary DSI host\n");
 
 		pinfo->dsi[1] = mipi_dsi_device_register_full(dsi1_host, info);
-		if (!pinfo->dsi[1]) {
+		if (IS_ERR(pinfo->dsi[1])) {
 			dev_err(dev, "cannot get secondary DSI device\n");
-			return -ENODEV;
+			return PTR_ERR(pinfo->dsi[1]);
 		}
 	}