diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
index 8ffa48ce570c8eaefecf399f0e139ce0a62a03a8..c96804f6205275673ddf17580e8a6f8d601d2830 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_imx.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int __init spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	spi_imx->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (!spi_imx->irq) {
+	if (spi_imx->irq <= 0) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_iounmap;
 	}