diff --git a/net/mctp/route.c b/net/mctp/route.c
index fb1bf4ec85296..bbb13dbc9227d 100644
--- a/net/mctp/route.c
+++ b/net/mctp/route.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static int mctp_route_output(struct mctp_route *route, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	rc = dev_hard_header(skb, skb->dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
 			     daddr, skb->dev->dev_addr, skb->len);
-	if (rc) {
+	if (rc < 0) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EHOSTUNREACH;
 	}