diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index fedef93b586f..a7c748fa977a 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start_block)
 	sys_read(fd, buf, size);
 
 	/*
-	 * If it matches the gzip magic numbers, return -1
+	 * If it matches the gzip magic numbers, return 0
 	 */
 	if (buf[0] == 037 && ((buf[1] == 0213) || (buf[1] == 0236))) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE