diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 3fcf80ff12f..d0d824ebf2c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ static int __init ppdev_init (void)
 		err = PTR_ERR(ppdev_class);
 		goto out_chrdev;
 	}
-	if (parport_register_driver(&pp_driver)) {
+	err = parport_register_driver(&pp_driver);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING CHRDEV ": unable to register with parport\n");
 		goto out_class;
 	}