diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 911e9e0..ca5bcfe 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 		dev = device_create(spidev_class, &spi->dev, spidev->devt,
 				    spidev, "spidev%d.%d",
 				    spi->master->bus_num, spi->chip_select);
-		status = PTR_RET(dev);
+		status = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dev);
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "no minor number available!\n");
 		status = -ENODEV;