diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_hw.c
index 55a1fbf0e670c7fa1a775d94e35dd77ee07e0cba..ae8b97c3066575388c6d3381b0d76f03b5eb8910 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_hw.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ void i40iw_manage_arp_cache(struct i40iw_device *iwdev,
 	int arp_index;
 
 	arp_index = i40iw_arp_table(iwdev, ip_addr, ipv4, mac_addr, action);
-	if (arp_index == -1)
+	if (arp_index < 0)
 		return;
 	cqp_request = i40iw_get_cqp_request(&iwdev->cqp, false);
 	if (!cqp_request)