diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c
index 2bc163198d33..5e751689a089 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sysfs.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int fcoe_str_to_dev_loss(const char *buf, unsigned long *val)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, val);
-	if (ret || *val < 0)
+	if (ret)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/*
 	 * Check for overflow; dev_loss_tmo is u32