diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
index baa35d0f648f..6f62904d294a 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/src/px4/common/px4_init.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int px4_platform_init()
 #if defined(CONFIG_FS_PROCFS)
 	int ret_mount_procfs = mount(nullptr, "/proc", "procfs", 0, nullptr);
 
-	if (ret < 0) {
+	if (ret_mount_procfs < 0) {
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: Failed to mount procfs at /proc: %d\n", ret_mount_procfs);
 	}