diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
index 04361d5a427..ee28e064ac3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ static int __init reipl_fcp_init(void)
 	/* sysfs: create fcp kset for mixing attr group and bin attrs */
 	reipl_fcp_kset = kset_create_and_add(IPL_FCP_STR, NULL,
 					     &reipl_kset->kobj);
-	if (!reipl_kset) {
+	if (!reipl_fcp_kset) {
 		free_page((unsigned long) reipl_block_fcp);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}