diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
index c15c840987d2..14691a4cb84c 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-brcmstb-l2.c
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ int __init brcmstb_l2_intc_of_init(struct device_node *np,
 	__raw_writel(0xffffffff, data->base + CPU_CLEAR);
 
 	data->parent_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
-	if (data->parent_irq < 0) {
+	if (!data->parent_irq) {
 		pr_err("failed to find parent interrupt\n");
-		ret = data->parent_irq;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unmap;
 	}