diff --git a/fs/squashfs/xattr_id.c b/fs/squashfs/xattr_id.c
index b88d19e9581e..c8469c656e0d 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/xattr_id.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/xattr_id.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ __le64 *squashfs_read_xattr_id_table(struct super_block *sb, u64 table_start,
 	/* Sanity check values */
 
 	/* there is always at least one xattr id */
-	if (*xattr_ids <= 0)
+	if (*xattr_ids == 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	len = SQUASHFS_XATTR_BLOCK_BYTES(*xattr_ids);