diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
index 167d0f09823b..b509f9fe3346 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int mt7621_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return status;
 
 	master = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rs));
-	if (master == NULL) {
+	if (!master) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "master allocation failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}