diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_mrvl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_mrvl.c
index 516b8f74c434..5798a8db016e 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_mrvl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_mrvl.c
@@ -307,9 +307,8 @@ static int mrvl_load_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev, const char *name)
 		err = wait_on_bit_timeout(&mrvl->flags, STATE_FW_REQ_PENDING,
 					  TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
 					  msecs_to_jiffies(2000));
-		if (err == 1) {
+		if (err == -EINTR) {
 			bt_dev_err(hdev, "Firmware load interrupted");
-			err = -EINTR;
 			break;
 		} else if (err) {
 			bt_dev_err(hdev, "Firmware request timeout");