diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
index a74340dff530..1cf2a38add5f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ check_acpi_dev(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
 		return AE_OK;
 
 	if (acpi_match_device_ids(dev, ids) == 0)
-		if (acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL))
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL)))
 			dev_info(&dev->dev,
 				 "intel-vbtn: created platform device\n");