diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
index 1f060914cfa429275333377b21dcae3d27937135..606f6ad285a0e3db07ea97f919d467c35818d6c1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ con3215_init(void)
 	}
 
 	cdev = ccw_device_probe_console();
-	if (!cdev)
+	if (IS_ERR(cdev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	raw3215[0] = raw = (struct raw3215_info *)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/con3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/con3270.c
index c570a9f6ce9cfcd499ca50cdb64cbae6be462ecb..ef607a1de55a30707ac2098eeea64a9f3cc41b24 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/con3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/con3270.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <asm/ccwdev.h>
 #include <asm/cio.h>
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ con3270_init(void)
 	}
 
 	cdev = ccw_device_probe_console();
-	if (!cdev)
+	if (IS_ERR(cdev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 	rp = raw3270_setup_console(cdev);
 	if (IS_ERR(rp))
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index ceebf08e095bc92054197c9f62799cd13ea7583c..0b30921ce60d3273bc7eb3ba17118b9634143400 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ ccw_device_probe_console(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (xchg(&console_cdev_in_use, 1) != 0)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
 	sch = cio_probe_console();
 	if (IS_ERR(sch)) {
 		console_cdev_in_use = 0;