.release = tpm_bios_measurements_release,
 };
 
+static int is_bad(void *p)
+{
+       if (!p)
+               return 1;
+       if (IS_ERR(p) && (PTR_ERR(p) != -ENODEV))
+               return 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
 struct dentry **tpm_bios_log_setup(char *name)
 {
        struct dentry **ret = NULL, *tpm_dir, *bin_file, *ascii_file;
 
        tpm_dir = securityfs_create_dir(name, NULL);
-       if (!tpm_dir)
+       if (is_bad(tpm_dir))
                goto out;
 
        bin_file =
            securityfs_create_file("binary_bios_measurements",
                                   S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, tpm_dir, NULL,
                                   &tpm_binary_bios_measurements_ops);
-       if (!bin_file)
+       if (is_bad(bin_file))
                goto out_tpm;
 
        ascii_file =
            securityfs_create_file("ascii_bios_measurements",
                                   S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP, tpm_dir, NULL,
                                   &tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_ops);
-       if (!ascii_file)
+       if (is_bad(ascii_file))
                goto out_bin;
 
        ret = kmalloc(3 * sizeof(struct dentry *), GFP_KERNEL);