diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
index d7e49f7c1dbac..77fbcd8730ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -3354,8 +3354,8 @@ guc_create_parallel(struct intel_engine_cs **engines,
 
 		ce = intel_engine_create_virtual(siblings, num_siblings,
 						 FORCE_VIRTUAL);
-		if (!ce) {
-			err = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+			err = ERR_CAST(ce);
 			goto unwind;
 		}