diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 1de59c0fdbc007711901d948c92fafa53fd2a859..388c289728119aaa166eaa61675c4446034e402a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int sas_smp_get_phy_events(struct sas_phy *phy)
 	res = smp_execute_task(dev, req, RPEL_REQ_SIZE,
 			            resp, RPEL_RESP_SIZE);
 
-	if (!res)
+	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
 	phy->invalid_dword_count = scsi_to_u32(&resp[12]);