diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 41b91af95afb..e1ba610482c0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ struct platform_object {
  */
 void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	if (pdev)
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pdev))
 		put_device(&pdev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_put);
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (pdev) {
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pdev)) {
 		device_remove_properties(&pdev->dev);
 		device_del(&pdev->dev);