diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c b/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
index f381ce1e84bd..7ebe53249035 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int nvmem_layout_bus_uevent(const struct device *dev,
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
-	if (ret != ENODEV)
+	if (ret != -ENODEV)
 		return ret;
 
 	return 0;