diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
index 42174249ef61..942454e29488 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
@@ -996,9 +996,9 @@ static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* fill in parameters for net-dev structure */
 	ndev->base_addr = (unsigned long)db->membase;
 	ndev->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
-	if (ndev->irq == -ENXIO) {
+	if (!ndev->irq) {
 		netdev_err(ndev, "No irq resource\n");
-		ret = ndev->irq;
+		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto out_iounmap;
 	}