diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
index ec2780be74d1..a92a7cd697f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c
@@ -577,9 +577,9 @@ static int nt35950_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi)
 			return dev_err_probe(dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "Cannot get secondary DSI host\n");
 
 		nt->dsi[1] = mipi_dsi_device_register_full(dsi_r_host, info);
-		if (!nt->dsi[1]) {
+		if (IS_ERR(nt->dsi[1])) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Cannot get secondary DSI node\n");
-			return -ENODEV;
+			return PTR_ERR(nt->dsi[1]);
 		}
 		num_dsis++;
 	}