diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index ef53290b7d24..a1b4d085834a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static int spi_mem_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		mem->name = dev_name(&spi->dev);
 
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mem->name))
-		return PTR_ERR(mem->name);
+		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(mem->name);
 
 	spi_set_drvdata(spi, mem);