diff --git a/eeprom.c b/eeprom.c
index d5b82fde..d7ee123b 100644
--- a/eeprom.c
+++ b/eeprom.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ int mt76_get_of_eeprom(struct mt76_dev *dev, void *eep, int offset, int len)
 	offset += be32_to_cpup(list);
 	ret = mtd_read(mtd, offset, len, &retlen, eep);
 	put_mtd_device(mtd);
-	if (ret && !mtd_is_bitflip(ret)) {
+	if (mtd_is_bitflip(ret))
+		ret = 0;
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev->dev, "reading EEPROM from mtd %s failed: %i\n",
 			part, ret);
 		goto out_put_node;