diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
index a8f53da11ae3..a2f94ce1679d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int skl_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 
 	dev_dbg(dai->dev, "%s: %s\n", __func__, dai->name);
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dai->dev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	stream = snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign(ebus, substream,