diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index 94c3ddc5d0..557129b66d 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ afs_linux_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp)
     if (code == ENOENT)
 	return ERR_PTR(0);
 #endif
-    else if ((code > 0) && (code <= MAX_ERRNO))
+    else if ((code >= 0) && (code <= MAX_ERRNO))
         return ERR_PTR(-code);
     else 
 	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);