diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/boardobj/boardobj.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/boardobj/boardobj.c
index 86b639ccb..6cd3e2b16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/boardobj/boardobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/boardobj/boardobj.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ u32 boardobj_construct_super(struct gk20a *g, struct boardobj **ppboardobj,
 
 	if (*ppboardobj == NULL) {
 		*ppboardobj = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (ppboardobj == NULL)
+		if (*ppboardobj == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}