diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/northbridge.c b/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/northbridge.c
index 6772432..3afdd3b 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/northbridge.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/pineview/northbridge.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 {
 	struct device *dev = pcidev_on_root(0, 0);
 
-	if (dev == NULL)
+	if (!dev)
 		die("could not find pci 00:00.0!\n");
 
 	pci_write_config8(dev, SMRAM, smram);