1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 04fb1a8e05..32d38a08f6 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ static int s390_ipl_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
         uint64_t pentry = KERN_IMAGE_START;
         kernel_size = load_elf(ipl->kernel, NULL, NULL, &pentry, NULL,
                                NULL, 1, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
-        if (kernel_size == -1) {
+        if (kernel_size < 0) {
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(ipl->kernel, 0, ram_size);
         }
-        if (kernel_size == -1) {
+        if (kernel_size < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr, "could not load kernel '%s'\n", ipl->kernel);
             return -1;
         }