diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
index ae7f9357bb87..46c2a4bd9ebe 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int rti_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
 		pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "runtime pm failed\n");