diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tvp514x.c b/drivers/media/video/tvp514x.c
index 4262e60b8116a3df1fb161ae49fa44bc0c3ae037..3750f7fadb121466918d32c46017f3f795050ba9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/tvp514x.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/tvp514x.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int ioctl_s_routing(struct v4l2_int_device *s,
 			break;	/* Input detected */
 	}
 
-	if ((current_std == STD_INVALID) || (try_count <= 0))
+	if ((current_std == STD_INVALID) || (try_count < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	decoder->current_std = current_std;