diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
index ca81b0b9db97835330e2c4f9232cf52e01c2013c..12fbbddea299efdf39a441bc922418efd97ebd40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ static inline int i40e_aq_rc_to_posix(int aq_ret, int aq_rc)
 	if (aq_ret == I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_TIMEOUT)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
-	if (aq_rc >= (sizeof(aq_to_posix) / sizeof((aq_to_posix)[0])) ||
-	    aq_rc < 0)
+	if (!((u32)aq_rc < (sizeof(aq_to_posix) / sizeof((aq_to_posix)[0]))))
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	return aq_to_posix[aq_rc];
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
index e62e951cf2088f2b090c0de98edf748e21d6d052..a3eae5d9a2bd4416c2f53336c0ba10e435182025 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.h
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ static inline int i40e_aq_rc_to_posix(int aq_ret, int aq_rc)
 	if (aq_ret == I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_TIMEOUT)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
-	if (aq_rc >= (sizeof(aq_to_posix) / sizeof((aq_to_posix)[0])) ||
-	    aq_rc < 0)
+	if (!((u32)aq_rc < (sizeof(aq_to_posix) / sizeof((aq_to_posix)[0]))))
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	return aq_to_posix[aq_rc];