diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 33e98c9a1eb8..f58c7b4fb0c3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5a28c87397655cb0d791d04e45bd7cd5691ba0f2
+refs/heads/master: abd5a2fb3957b5a6eb8083044a61e1b95b770abf
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 52aa44a8e209..b39a58757907 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -227,15 +227,12 @@ static int iio_device_register_debugfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	if (indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (IS_ERR(iio_debugfs_dentry))
+	if (!iio_debugfs_dentry)
 		return 0;
 
 	indio_dev->debugfs_dentry =
 		debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&indio_dev->dev),
 				   iio_debugfs_dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(indio_dev->debugfs_dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(indio_dev->debugfs_dentry);
-
 	if (indio_dev->debugfs_dentry == NULL) {
 		dev_warn(indio_dev->dev.parent,
 			 "Failed to create debugfs directory\n");