diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
index c3d95e7af1e4..23fb88b53324 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/hdmi/hdmi.c
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ int msm_hdmi_modeset_init(struct hdmi *hdmi,
 	drm_connector_attach_encoder(hdmi->connector, hdmi->encoder);
 
 	hdmi->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(pdev->dev.of_node, 0);
-	if (hdmi->irq < 0) {
-		ret = hdmi->irq;
-		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "failed to get irq: %d\n", ret);
+	if (!hdmi->irq) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "failed to get irq\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}