diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
index 925f84dbf6218..d3dfa27171e6d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int cros_ec_register(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (ec_dev->irq) {
+	if (ec_dev->irq > 0) {
 		err = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, ec_dev->irq,
 						ec_irq_handler,
 						ec_irq_thread,