diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 24aaddd760a0..77cd3641f17d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		nfuncs = 1;
 	} else {
 		nfuncs = of_get_child_count(np);
-		if (nfuncs <= 0) {
+		if (nfuncs == 0) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no functions defined\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}