diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
index 20b878d35ea2..1920dc60cf3d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int sca3000_read_data(struct sca3000_state *st,
 		}
 	};
 	*rx_p = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (*rx_p == NULL) {
+	if (!*rx_p) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_ret;
 	}