diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/bmp280-core.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/bmp280-core.c
index 6b7da40f99c8..919a338d9181 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/pressure/bmp280-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/bmp280-core.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ int bmp280_common_probe(struct device *dev,
 	 * however as it happens, the BMP085 shares the chip ID of BMP180
 	 * so we look for an IRQ if we have that.
 	 */
-	if (irq > 0 || (chip_id  == BMP180_CHIP_ID)) {
+	if (irq > 0 && (chip_id  == BMP180_CHIP_ID)) {
 		ret = bmp085_fetch_eoc_irq(dev, name, irq, data);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;