diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index 5fb18be6f866..0f39f86bd0c2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -1227,8 +1227,8 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	host->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (host->irq <= 0) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (host->irq < 0) {
+		ret = host->irq;
 		goto free_host;
 	}