diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
index 519718bb246c..0a67ad57e5c1 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
@@ -1314,8 +1314,8 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_resource_request(struct sunxi_mmc_host *host,
 		return ret;
 
 	host->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (host->irq <= 0) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (host->irq < 0) {
+		ret = host->irq;
 		goto error_disable_mmc;
 	}