diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dfs.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dfs.c
index f060e593685de..a7a364760b800 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dfs.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ qla2x00_dfs_create_rport(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, struct fc_port *fp)
 
 	sprintf(wwn, "pn-%016llx", wwn_to_u64(fp->port_name));
 	fp->dfs_rport_dir = debugfs_create_dir(wwn, vha->dfs_rport_root);
-	if (!fp->dfs_rport_dir)
+	if (IS_ERR(fp->dfs_rport_dir))
 		return;
 	if (NVME_TARGET(vha->hw, fp))
 		debugfs_create_file("dev_loss_tmo", 0600, fp->dfs_rport_dir,
@@ -708,14 +708,14 @@ qla2x00_dfs_setup(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	if (IS_QLA27XX(ha) || IS_QLA83XX(ha) || IS_QLA28XX(ha)) {
 		ha->tgt.dfs_naqp = debugfs_create_file("naqp",
 		    0400, ha->dfs_dir, vha, &dfs_naqp_ops);
-		if (!ha->tgt.dfs_naqp) {
+		if (IS_ERR(ha->tgt.dfs_naqp)) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0xd011,
 			       "Unable to create debugFS naqp node.\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 	vha->dfs_rport_root = debugfs_create_dir("rports", ha->dfs_dir);
-	if (!vha->dfs_rport_root) {
+	if (IS_ERR(vha->dfs_rport_root)) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0xd012,
 		       "Unable to create debugFS rports node.\n");
 		goto out;