diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index d5f57a9551dd..5d1a4eb81669 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ static int run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 		c->root = bch_btree_node_get(c, NULL, k,
 					     j->btree_level,
 					     true, NULL);
-		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->root))
+		if (IS_ERR(c->root))
 			goto err;
 
 		list_del_init(&c->root->list);