diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
index 3c4000f..f973d28 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 		ctx->handle = drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_next(dev);
 	}
 	DRM_DEBUG("%d\n", ctx->handle);
-	if (ctx->handle == -1) {
+	if (ctx->handle < 0) {
 		DRM_DEBUG("Not enough free contexts.\n");
 		/* Should this return -EBUSY instead? */
 		return -ENOMEM;