diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
index 65e0b6a2c031..059ba27f3c29 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-pr-ip-core.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int alt_pr_fpga_write(struct fpga_manager *mgr, const char *buf,
 	u32 *buffer_32 = (u32 *)buf;
 	size_t i = 0;
 
-	if (count <= 0)
+	if (!count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Write out the complete 32-bit chunks */