diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
index 7d477ff6f26b..6f98065d8e5c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
@@ -546,9 +546,9 @@ void verity_fec_dtr(struct dm_verity *v)
 	mempool_exit(&f->output_pool);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(f->cache);
 
-	if (f->data_bufio)
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(f->data_bufio))
 		dm_bufio_client_destroy(f->data_bufio);
-	if (f->bufio)
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(f->bufio))
 		dm_bufio_client_destroy(f->bufio);
 
 	if (f->dev)