diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index dc387a974325..2383caf88b67 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ 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++) {