diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index bbfa25cd3294f5a79ddac74960a74fcb7b13757c..db60c5405a58116c8cc8a353581f57a24a280742 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static bool ionic_notifyq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq,
 	eid = le64_to_cpu(comp->event.eid);
 
 	/* Have we run out of new completions to process? */
-	if (eid <= lif->last_eid)
+	if ((s64)(eid - lif->last_eid) <= 0)
 		return false;
 
 	lif->last_eid = eid;