diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-msm-v2.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-msm-v2.c
index f4491a497cc8..c2fa77086eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-msm-v2.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-msm-v2.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int msm_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret, ngpio;
 	struct resource *res;
 
-	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ngpio", &ngpio)) {
+	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ngpio", &ngpio)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: ngpio property missing\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}