diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_emac.c b/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_emac.c
index c5df14f14a..32d2760071 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_emac.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sam34/sam_emac.c
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ void up_netinitialize(void)
     }
 
   priv->txtimeout = wd_create();     /* Create TX timeout timer */
-  if (!priv->txpoll)
+  if (!priv->txtimeout)
     {
       nlldbg("ERROR: Failed to create periodic poll timer\n");
       goto errout_with_txpoll;
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emaca.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emaca.c
index c6fbe16617..9fc65c2c08 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emaca.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emaca.c
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@ int sam_emac_initialize(void)
     }
 
   priv->txtimeout = wd_create();     /* Create TX timeout timer */
-  if (!priv->txpoll)
+  if (!priv->txtimeout)
     {
       ndbg("ERROR: Failed to create periodic poll timer\n");
       ret = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emacb.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emacb.c
index 946264fb63..8c705be060 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emacb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_emacb.c
@@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ int sam_emac_initialize(int intf)
     }
 
   priv->txtimeout = wd_create();     /* Create TX timeout timer */
-  if (!priv->txpoll)
+  if (!priv->txtimeout)
     {
       ndbg("ERROR: Failed to create periodic poll timer\n");
       ret = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_gmac.c b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_gmac.c
index 6b90a19367..3a70c4b404 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_gmac.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_gmac.c
@@ -3183,7 +3183,7 @@ int sam_gmac_initialize(void)
     }
 
   priv->txtimeout = wd_create();     /* Create TX timeout timer */
-  if (!priv->txpoll)
+  if (!priv->txtimeout)
     {
       nlldbg("ERROR: Failed to create periodic poll timer\n");
       ret = -EAGAIN;