diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c b/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
index d90ca1b..23729e8 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/time.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 	nios2_timer_get_base_and_freq(timer, &iobase, &freq);
 
 	irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(timer, 0);
-	if (irq < 0)
+	if (!irq)
 		panic("Unable to parse timer irq\n");
 
 	nios2_ce.timer.base = iobase;