diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 661e2277f468..305ecea92170 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int param_set_hashtbl_sz(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	if (!val)
 		goto out_inval;
 	ret = kstrtoul(val, 0, &num);
-	if (ret == -EINVAL)
+	if (ret)
 		goto out_inval;
 	nbits = fls(num - 1);
 	if (nbits > MAX_HASHTABLE_BITS || nbits < 2)