diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
index 5678870bff48..814a3c92a56e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_dummy_driver.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static int __init ion_dummy_init(void)
 	int i, err;
 
 	idev = ion_device_create(NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(idev))
+		return PTR_ERR(idev);
 	heaps = kcalloc(dummy_ion_pdata.nr, sizeof(struct ion_heap *),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!heaps)