diff --git a/sdk/lib/cmlib/hiveinit.c b/sdk/lib/cmlib/hiveinit.c
index 2b070fb4f7e..3eee62d149e 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/cmlib/hiveinit.c
+++ b/sdk/lib/cmlib/hiveinit.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ HvpInitializeMemoryHive(
         BlockIndex += Bin->Size / HBLOCK_SIZE;
     }
 
-    if (HvpCreateHiveFreeCellList(Hive))
+    if (!NT_SUCCESS(HvpCreateHiveFreeCellList(Hive)))
     {
         HvpFreeHiveBins(Hive);
         Hive->Free(Hive->BaseBlock, Hive->BaseBlockAlloc);