diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb-new/musb_uboot.c b/drivers/usb/musb-new/musb_uboot.c
index ea71f759476ef46cf3fde775e1b4d6af93867bfe..8662c0ff70782bb872db836516e3e12a4c6df3a7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb-new/musb_uboot.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb-new/musb_uboot.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int musb_register(struct musb_hdrc_platform_data *plat, void *bdata,
 	}
 
 	*musbp = musb_init_controller(plat, (struct device *)bdata, ctl_regs);
-	if (!musbp) {
+	if (!*musbp) {
 		printf("Failed to init the controller\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}