diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d5a6d1dc9f9..f8c650de2619 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 250d1bd3f4ed0b50d79b3ec81ccefbabb203f916
+refs/heads/master: 3bacb36db01c7541ffea21d4ff39219e8b211a5c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index cf9381eae8da..909428af2b7e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ static int i2cdev_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	i2c_dev->dev = device_create(i2c_dev_class, &adap->dev,
 				     MKDEV(I2C_MAJOR, adap->nr),
 				     "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
-	if (!i2c_dev->dev) {
-		res = -ENODEV;
+	if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev->dev)) {
+		res = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev->dev);
 		goto error;
 	}
 	res = device_create_file(i2c_dev->dev, &dev_attr_name);