diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
index 2d050303d564..c59e9d8e8609 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ static int dwc3_qcom_clk_init(struct dwc3_qcom *qcom, int count)
 	if (!np || !count)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (count < 0)
+		return count;
+
 	qcom->num_clocks = count;
 
 	qcom->clks = devm_kcalloc(dev, qcom->num_clocks,