diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
index 5b09a4c16be6..c203eddfb772 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
@@ -534,13 +534,13 @@ static int system_heap_create(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_ORDERS; i++) {
 		pools[i] = dmabuf_page_pool_create(order_flags[i], orders[i]);
 
-		if (IS_ERR(pools[i])) {
+		if (!pools[i]) {
 			int j;
 
 			pr_err("%s: page pool creation failed!\n", __func__);
 			for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
 				dmabuf_page_pool_destroy(pools[j]);
-			return PTR_ERR(pools[i]);
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}