diff --git a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
index 87aa4f4e9724..69dbdbde9d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pse-pd/pse_core.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int of_load_pse_pis(struct pse_controller_dev *pcdev)
 			ret = of_load_pse_pi_pairsets(node, &pi, ret);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
-		} else if (ret != ENOENT) {
+		} else if (ret != -ENOENT) {
 			dev_err(pcdev->dev,
 				"error: wrong number of pairsets. Should be 1 or 2, got %d (%pOF)\n",
 				ret, node);