diff --git a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
index 236193b5210b0f48e78faaa42bf9fd83bc6e050e..ba9f358fa21b75f7a98b1379a5a09598555e4d27 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/sysctrl.c
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ void __init ltq_soc_init(void)
 			panic("Failed to load xbar nodes from devicetree");
 		if (of_address_to_resource(np_pmu, 0, &res_xbar))
 			panic("Failed to get xbar resources");
-		if (request_mem_region(res_xbar.start, resource_size(&res_xbar),
-			res_xbar.name) < 0)
+		if (!request_mem_region(res_xbar.start, resource_size(&res_xbar),
+			res_xbar.name))
 			panic("Failed to get xbar resources");
 
 		ltq_xbar_membase = ioremap_nocache(res_xbar.start,