diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spacemit-p1.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spacemit-p1.c
index 43ab62494bb4..1de7bd995d29 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spacemit-p1.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spacemit-p1.c
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ static int p1_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *t)
 	u8 time[6];
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!regmap_test_bits(regmap, RTC_CTRL, RTC_EN))
-		return -EINVAL;		/* RTC is disabled */
+	ret = regmap_test_bits(regmap, RTC_CTRL, RTC_EN);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return ret ?: -EINVAL;	/* RTC is disabled or error */
 
 	ret = regmap_bulk_read(regmap, RTC_TIME, time, sizeof(time));
 	if (ret)