diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index cdc5c08824a0..e5b043d96207 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int btintel_read_version(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct intel_version *ver)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, 0xfc05, 0, NULL, HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT);
-	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb)) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Reading Intel version information failed (%ld)",
 			   PTR_ERR(skb));
 		return PTR_ERR(skb);