diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_aead.c b/drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_aead.c
index abf5971e919d..7f6c48881eab 100755
--- a/drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_aead.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dwc-spacc/spacc_aead.c
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ static int spacc_aead_fallback(struct aead_request *req,
 	ctx->fb.aead = crypto_alloc_aead(aead_name, 0,
 					 CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK |
 					 CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-	if (!ctx->fb.aead) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx->fb.aead)) {
 		pr_err("Spacc aead fallback tfm is NULL!\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return PTR_ERR(ctx->fb.aead);
 	}
 
 	subreq = aead_request_alloc(ctx->fb.aead, GFP_KERNEL);