diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 905a630c9bbaf9186032d3822eea44ac14947a42..98ac4d32fed8e35b636d181eaee2491125847fe7 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++) {