1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 4d73a834c7e6..f66162f2359b 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	pid->level = ns->level;
 	for (i = ns->level; i >= 0; i--) {
 		nr = alloc_pidmap(tmp);
-		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(nr)) {
+		if (nr < 0) {
 			retval = nr;
 			goto out_free;
 		}