diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
index 2af8d677d4ed..3c1c8c6c4a6c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	st = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (st == NULL)
+	if (!st)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	st->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);