diff --git a/hw/cxl/cxl-cdat.c b/hw/cxl/cxl-cdat.c
index 639a2db3e1..24829cf242 100644
--- a/hw/cxl/cxl-cdat.c
+++ b/hw/cxl/cxl-cdat.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void ct3_build_cdat(CDATObject *cdat, Error **errp)
     cdat->built_buf_len = cdat->build_cdat_table(&cdat->built_buf,
                                                  cdat->private);
 
-    if (!cdat->built_buf_len) {
+    if (cdat->built_buf_len <= 0) {
         /* Build later as not all data available yet */
         cdat->to_update = true;
         return;