if (disp_info->capabilities & MSM_DISPLAY_CAP_VID_MODE) {
                enc = dpu_encoder_phys_vid_init(params);
 
-               if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(enc)) {
+               if (IS_ERR(enc)) {
                        DPU_ERROR_ENC(dpu_enc, "failed to init vid enc: %ld\n",
                                PTR_ERR(enc));
-                       return enc == NULL ? -EINVAL : PTR_ERR(enc);
+                       return PTR_ERR(enc);
                }
 
                dpu_enc->phys_encs[dpu_enc->num_phys_encs] = enc;
        if (disp_info->capabilities & MSM_DISPLAY_CAP_CMD_MODE) {
                enc = dpu_encoder_phys_cmd_init(params);
 
-               if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(enc)) {
+               if (IS_ERR(enc)) {
                        DPU_ERROR_ENC(dpu_enc, "failed to init cmd enc: %ld\n",
                                PTR_ERR(enc));
-                       return enc == NULL ? -EINVAL : PTR_ERR(enc);
+                       return PTR_ERR(enc);
                }
 
                dpu_enc->phys_encs[dpu_enc->num_phys_encs] = enc;
        if (disp_info->intf_type == DRM_MODE_ENCODER_VIRTUAL) {
                enc = dpu_encoder_phys_wb_init(params);
 
-               if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(enc)) {
+               if (IS_ERR(enc)) {
                        DPU_ERROR_ENC(dpu_enc, "failed to init wb enc: %ld\n",
                                        PTR_ERR(enc));
-                       return enc == NULL ? -EINVAL : PTR_ERR(enc);
+                       return PTR_ERR(enc);
                }
 
                dpu_enc->phys_encs[dpu_enc->num_phys_encs] = enc;