diff --git a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
index c0dfb642383b..dc7f4eb18e0a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int ipwireless_ppp_start_xmit(struct ppp_channel *ppp_channel,
 					       skb->len,
 					       notify_packet_sent,
 					       network);
-			if (ret == -1) {
+			if (ret < 0) {
 				skb_pull(skb, 2);
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int ipwireless_ppp_start_xmit(struct ppp_channel *ppp_channel,
 					       notify_packet_sent,
 					       network);
 			kfree(buf);
-			if (ret == -1)
+			if (ret < 0)
 				return 0;
 		}
 		kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/tty.c b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/tty.c
index 2685d59d2724..4f9690442507 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/tty.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int ipw_write(struct tty_struct *linux_tty,
 	ret = ipwireless_send_packet(tty->hardware, IPW_CHANNEL_RAS,
 			       buf, count,
 			       ipw_write_packet_sent_callback, tty);
-	if (ret == -1) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&tty->ipw_tty_mutex);
 		return 0;
 	}