diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 7af4a4898dcb..c320def0fe81 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ static int __init fail_make_request_debugfs(void)
 	struct dentry *dir = fault_create_debugfs_attr("fail_make_request",
 						NULL, &fail_make_request);
 
-	return IS_ERR(dir) ? PTR_ERR(dir) : 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dir);
 }
 
 late_initcall(fail_make_request_debugfs);