diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index ee8e753d98ce..eae0abd614cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -1592,8 +1592,8 @@ static int live_breadcrumbs_smoketest(void *arg)
 
 	for (n = 0; n < smoke[0].ncontexts; n++) {
 		smoke[0].contexts[n] = live_context(i915, file);
-		if (!smoke[0].contexts[n]) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
+		if (IS_ERR(smoke[0].contexts[n])) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(smoke[0].contexts[n]);
 			goto out_contexts;
 		}
 	}