diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 24a129fcdd61b38bd8bb5045d22dd4ca0884a59f..a2e5dc7716e21c7cbed163159a0c1262df977227 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ static int log_used(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, u64 used_offset, u64 len)
 
 	ret = translate_desc(vq, (uintptr_t)vq->used + used_offset,
 			     len, iov, 64, VHOST_ACCESS_WO);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++) {