diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 0b0b6dc0fcd4cab0a3b781918ad3f57ed17b81bb..b34ec4238b954f2722535bc9a06bcf2dc7bccb62 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@ static int hpsa_update_device_info(struct ctlr_info *h,
 	memset(this_device->device_id, 0,
 		sizeof(this_device->device_id));
 	if (hpsa_get_device_id(h, scsi3addr, this_device->device_id, 8,
-		sizeof(this_device->device_id)))
+		sizeof(this_device->device_id) < 0))
 		dev_err(&h->pdev->dev,
 			"hpsa%d: %s: can't get device id for host %d:C0:T%d:L%d\t%s\t%.16s\n",
 			h->ctlr, __func__,