diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-aspeed-i2c-ic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-aspeed-i2c-ic.c
index a47db16ff960..9c9fc3e2967e 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-aspeed-i2c-ic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-aspeed-i2c-ic.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static int __init aspeed_i2c_ic_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	}
 
 	i2c_ic->parent_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(node, 0);
-	if (i2c_ic->parent_irq < 0) {
-		ret = i2c_ic->parent_irq;
+	if (!i2c_ic->parent_irq) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_iounmap;
 	}