diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
index ad3893c62572..bcf705f512f0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
@@ -469,10 +469,12 @@ static int ahci_highbank_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq <= 0) {
+	if (irq < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "no irq\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return irq;
 	}
+	if (!irq)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	hpriv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*hpriv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hpriv) {