diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
index 38b93ef22f578..cca7a3d6c9852 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ struct btrtl_device_info *btrtl_initialize(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 		cmd[1] = opcode >> 8;
 
 		skb = bt_skb_alloc(sizeof(cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (IS_ERR(skb))
+		if (!skb)
 			goto out_free;
 
 		skb_put_data(skb, cmd, sizeof(cmd));