diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index cf82e726639762874fad93fb5e1b534d7543a846..5eaeca805c95c90528289e680eb7f9ec3d6f45e5 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ static int log_used(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, u64 used_offset, u64 len)
 
 	ret = translate_desc(vq, (uintptr_t)vq->used + used_offset,
 			     len, iov, 64, VHOST_ACCESS_WO);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++) {