diff --git a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
index e61e5f991aa5..30733209fde2 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int hsc_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (!hsc_major) {
 		ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&hsc_dev, hsc_baseminor,
 						HSC_DEVS, devname);
-		if (ret > 0)
+		if (ret == 0)
 			hsc_major = MAJOR(hsc_dev);
 	} else {
 		hsc_dev = MKDEV(hsc_major, hsc_baseminor);