diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
index 34439ce3967e1844c552091fb72a0555b904644d..aafd3e6ebb0dfa92725f63798de226d5bf20ac72 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int __devinit bfin_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Register our RTC with the RTC framework */
 	rtc->rtc_dev = rtc_device_register(pdev->name, dev, &bfin_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc))) {
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
 		goto err_irq;
 	}