diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 37f58f66e49127dfebd5e10d1c81dbd60349d37e..5af1a47834345f0e85df159ec483ae0cc6a26bf5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static void iio_device_unregister_sysfs(struct iio_dev *dev_info)
 	sysfs_remove_group(&dev_info->dev.kobj, dev_info->attrs);
 }
 
+/* This function return negative value if fails. */
 int iio_get_new_idr_val(struct idr *this_idr)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ static int iio_device_register_eventset(struct iio_dev *dev_info)
 	for (i = 0; i < dev_info->num_interrupt_lines; i++) {
 		dev_info->event_interfaces[i].owner = dev_info->driver_module;
 		ret = iio_get_new_idr_val(&iio_event_idr);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error_free_setup_ev_ints;
 		else
 			dev_info->event_interfaces[i].id = ret;