diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 115bb2d07a8d5..9359bff472965 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ static int btintel_get_codec_config_data(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 	}
 
 	*ven_data = kmalloc(sizeof(__u8), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ven_data) {
+	if (!*ven_data) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}