1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 37f58f66e491..5af1a4783434 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static void iio_device_unregister_sysfs(struct iio_dev *dev_info)
         sysfs_remove_group(&dev_info->dev.kobj, dev_info->attrs);
 }
 
+/* This function return negative value if fails. */
 int iio_get_new_idr_val(struct idr *this_idr)
 {
         int ret;
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ static int iio_device_register_eventset(struct iio_dev *dev_info)
         for (i = 0; i < dev_info->num_interrupt_lines; i++) {
                 dev_info->event_interfaces[i].owner = dev_info->driver_module;
                 ret = iio_get_new_idr_val(&iio_event_idr);
-                if (ret)
+                if (ret < 0)
                         goto error_free_setup_ev_ints;
                 else
                         dev_info->event_interfaces[i].id = ret;