diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index b4e3f14b9a3d..6ba4ef2c3949 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -6749,7 +6749,7 @@ static int ufshcd_clear_tm_cmd(struct ufs_hba *hba, int tag)
 			mask, 0, 1000, 1000);
 
 	dev_err(hba->dev, "Clearing task management function with tag %d %s\n",
-		tag, err ? "succeeded" : "failed");
+		tag, err < 0 ? "failed" : "succeeded");
 
 out:
 	return err;