diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 85a5afe01d39..1a270e2262f5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ static void cache_set_flush(struct closure *cl)
 	kobject_put(&c->internal);
 	kobject_del(&c->kobj);
 
-	if (c->gc_thread)
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->gc_thread))
 		kthread_stop(c->gc_thread);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(c->root))