diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index a9fe9eda593fbe..d3c830e817e35e 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static int me_huge_page(struct page_state *ps, struct page *p)
 		 * subpages.
 		 */
 		folio_put(folio);
-		if (__page_handle_poison(p) >= 0) {
+		if (__page_handle_poison(p) > 0) {
 			page_ref_inc(p);
 			res = MF_RECOVERED;
 		} else {
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ static int try_memory_failure_hugetlb(unsigned long pfn, int flags, int *hugetlb
 	 */
 	if (res == 0) {
 		folio_unlock(folio);
-		if (__page_handle_poison(p) >= 0) {
+		if (__page_handle_poison(p) > 0) {
 			page_ref_inc(p);
 			res = MF_RECOVERED;
 		} else {