}
 
        obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, name);
-       if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) {
                pr_debug("bpf: failed to load buffer\n");
                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        }
                        pr_debug("bpf: successfull builtin compilation\n");
                obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, filename);
 
-               if (!IS_ERR(obj) && llvm_param.dump_obj)
+               if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj) && llvm_param.dump_obj)
                        llvm__dump_obj(filename, obj_buf, obj_buf_sz);
 
                free(obj_buf);
        } else
                obj = bpf_object__open(filename);
 
-       if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) {
                pr_debug("bpf: failed to load %s\n", filename);
                return obj;
        }