diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 36bf0bbc8efa..fefd5091bc24 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -1130,16 +1130,15 @@ static inline int phy_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 regnum)
 #define phy_read_poll_timeout(phydev, regnum, val, cond, sleep_us, \
 				timeout_us, sleep_before_read) \
 ({ \
-	int __ret = read_poll_timeout(phy_read, val, (cond) || val < 0, \
+	int __ret = read_poll_timeout(phy_read, val, val < 0 || (cond), \
 		sleep_us, timeout_us, sleep_before_read, phydev, regnum); \
-	if (val <  0) \
+	if (val < 0) \
 		__ret = val; \
 	if (__ret) \
 		phydev_err(phydev, "%s failed: %d\n", __func__, __ret); \
 	__ret; \
 })
 
-
 /**
  * __phy_read - convenience function for reading a given PHY register
  * @phydev: the phy_device struct