diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
index bd2bca395792a600deda6c6f2a1a28314ea89374..c22c3097c3e857ba823cd9c339333983842c4ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ int drm_sysfs_device_add(struct drm_minor *minor)
                 minor_str = "card%d";
 
 	minor->kdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*minor->kdev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!minor->dev) {
+	if (!minor->kdev) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}