diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
index 0c7c50308..8f8292276 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ nvme_rdma_register_mem(struct nvme_rdma_qpair *rqpair)
 	mr_map->ref = 1;
 	mr_map->pd = pd;
 	mr_map->map = spdk_mem_map_alloc((uint64_t)NULL, nvme_rdma_mr_map_notify, pd);
-	if (mr_map == NULL) {
+	if (mr_map->map == NULL) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_mem_map_alloc() failed\n");
 		free(mr_map);
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_rdma_mr_maps_mutex);