diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
index da97aae475a2..1ef2454c5205 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int wm8940_register(struct wm8940_priv *wm8940,
 	codec->reg_cache = &wm8940->reg_cache;
 
 	ret = snd_soc_codec_set_cache_io(codec, 8, 16, control);
-	if (ret == 0) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(codec->dev, "Failed to set cache I/O: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}