diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
index fa681dab16d56..a01a70a8fd3b2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
@@ -751,11 +751,11 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 			     fmvhdr->vol_type,
 			     be32_to_cpu(fmvhdr->last_eb_bytes));
 
-		if (!av)
-			goto fail_bad;
-		if (PTR_ERR(av) == -EINVAL) {
-			ubi_err(ubi, "volume (ID %i) already exists",
-				fmvhdr->vol_id);
+		if (IS_ERR(av)) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(av) == -EEXIST)
+				ubi_err(ubi, "volume (ID %i) already exists",
+					fmvhdr->vol_id);
+
 			goto fail_bad;
 		}