diff --git a/src/plugins/printsupport/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/printsupport/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
index 7e6eb7c559a..99e8ec89993 100644
--- a/src/plugins/printsupport/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/printsupport/windows/qwindowsprintdevice.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static LPDEVMODE getDevmode(HANDLE hPrinter, const QString &printerId)
     LPWSTR printerIdUtf16 = const_cast<LPWSTR>(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>(printerId.utf16()));
     // Allocate the required DEVMODE buffer
     LONG dmSize = DocumentProperties(NULL, hPrinter, printerIdUtf16, NULL, NULL, 0);
-    if (dmSize < 0)
+    if (dmSize <= 0)
         return Q_NULLPTR;
     LPDEVMODE pDevMode = reinterpret_cast<LPDEVMODE>(malloc(dmSize));
      // Get the default DevMode