diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
index 3c8561c..d4d4e6c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@
 
 	sg_scmd = scsi_sglist(scmd);
 	sges_left = scsi_dma_map(scmd);
-	if (!sges_left) {
+	if (sges_left < 0) {
 		sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, scmd->device,
 			"pci_map_sg failed: request for %d bytes!\n",
 			scsi_bufflen(scmd));
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@
  fill_in_last_segment:
 
 	/* fill the last segment */
-	while (sges_left) {
+	while (sges_left > 0) {
 		if (sges_left == 1)
 			_base_add_sg_single_ieee(sg_local,
 			    simple_sgl_flags_last, 0, sg_dma_len(sg_scmd),