diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-aspeed-smc.c b/drivers/spi/spi-aspeed-smc.c
index f3a7189afd51..e8bd8fe6c4e7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-aspeed-smc.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-aspeed-smc.c
@@ -865,9 +865,9 @@ static int aspeed_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(aspi->regs);
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
-	if (IS_ERR(res)) {
+	if (!res) {
 		dev_err(dev, "missing AHB memory\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(res);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	aspi->ahb_window_size = resource_size(res);