diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/irq.c b/arch/mips/ralink/irq.c
index 4911c1445f1a..9b478c95aaf5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/irq.c
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ static int __init intc_of_init(struct device_node *node,
 	if (of_address_to_resource(node, 0, &res))
 		panic("Failed to get intc memory range");
 
-	if (request_mem_region(res.start, resource_size(&res),
-				res.name) < 0)
+	if (!request_mem_region(res.start, resource_size(&res),
+				res.name))
 		pr_err("Failed to request intc memory");
 
 	rt_intc_membase = ioremap_nocache(res.start,
diff --git a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
index 4c843e039b96..1ada8492733b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ralink/of.c
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ __iomem void *plat_of_remap_node(const char *node)
 	if (of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &res))
 		panic("Failed to get resource for %s", node);
 
-	if ((request_mem_region(res.start,
+	if (!request_mem_region(res.start,
 				resource_size(&res),
-				res.name) < 0))
+				res.name))
 		panic("Failed to request resources for %s", node);
 
 	return ioremap_nocache(res.start, resource_size(&res));