diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/max8688.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/max8688.c
index dd4883a19045601fcccac2cebea02d987a728e02..e951f9b87abb0cd4caeb854bd0936f6175657e30 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/max8688.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/max8688.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int max8688_read_word_data(struct i2c_client *client, int page, int reg)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (page)
+	if (page > 0)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	switch (reg) {