diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
index 09379db613d8b7f69cab5ffa66d0a90c868cdec2..f42ccc40ffa647c5eb2470220e53f3115e5c8236 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ static int ulite_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq <= 0)
-		return -ENXIO;
+	if (irq < 0)
+		return irq;
 
 	pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "s_axi_aclk");
 	if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {