diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 534d1267b761..172da092107e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *arg
 			r = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		eventfp = f.fd == -1 ? NULL : eventfd_fget(f.fd);
+		eventfp = f.fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_fget(f.fd);
 		if (IS_ERR(eventfp)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(eventfp);
 			break;
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *arg
 			r = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		ctx = f.fd == -1 ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(f.fd);
+		ctx = f.fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(f.fd);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 			break;
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *arg
 			r = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		ctx = f.fd == -1 ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(f.fd);
+		ctx = f.fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(f.fd);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 			break;
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ long vhost_dev_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 		r = get_user(fd, (int __user *)argp);
 		if (r < 0)
 			break;
-		ctx = fd == -1 ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd);
+		ctx = fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(ctx);
 			break;