diff --git a/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_shared_mem.c b/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_shared_mem.c
index e137346..1da2efc 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_shared_mem.c
+++ b/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_shared_mem.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@
 		v1_1_obj =
 		    spmc_shmem_obj_alloc(&spmc_shmem_obj_state, v1_1_desc_size);
 
-		if (!obj) {
+		if (!v1_1_obj) {
 			ret = FFA_ERROR_NO_MEMORY;
 			goto err_arg;
 		}