diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c b/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
index 50e2cf29721e1a24702ccc7c682693a542426d17..121c748314c39480f0b1835a73a3431d6f5541a6 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ static int pata_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int ret;
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq <= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (irq < 0)
+		return irq;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 				sizeof(struct pata_imx_priv), GFP_KERNEL);