*/
        se_cmd->se_tmr_req = core_tmr_alloc_req(se_cmd, (void *)tl_tmr,
                                TMR_LUN_RESET);
-       if (!se_cmd->se_tmr_req)
+       if (IS_ERR(se_cmd->se_tmr_req))
                goto release;
        /*
         * Locate the underlying TCM struct se_lun from sc->device->lun
        struct se_portal_group *se_tpg;
        struct tcm_loop_hba *tl_hba = tl_tpg->tl_hba;
        struct tcm_loop_nexus *tl_nexus;
+       int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
        if (tl_tpg->tl_hba->tl_nexus) {
                printk(KERN_INFO "tl_tpg->tl_hba->tl_nexus already exists\n");
         * Initialize the struct se_session pointer
         */
        tl_nexus->se_sess = transport_init_session();
-       if (!tl_nexus->se_sess)
+       if (IS_ERR(tl_nexus->se_sess)) {
+               ret = PTR_ERR(tl_nexus->se_sess);
                goto out;
+       }
        /*
         * Since we are running in 'demo mode' this call with generate a
         * struct se_node_acl for the tcm_loop struct se_portal_group with the SCSI
 
 out:
        kfree(tl_nexus);
-       return -ENOMEM;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int tcm_loop_drop_nexus(