diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
index 5205796859f6cb0116ccb59ba6bfa9c378d570e8..24ebcf3d0c9c0298739dc9b66678877c0193464d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static ssize_t rvu_dbg_qsize_write(struct file *filp,
 	if (cmd_buf)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!strncmp(subtoken, "help", 4) || ret < 0) {
+	if (ret < 0 || !strncmp(subtoken, "help", 4)) {
 		dev_info(rvu->dev, "Use echo <%s-lf > qsize\n", blk_string);
 		goto qsize_write_done;
 	}