diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
index f64072e00..f96301644 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static void wpas_sme_ml_auth(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 
 	if (ieee802_11_parse_elems(data->auth.ies + ie_offset,
 				   data->auth.ies_len - ie_offset,
-				   &elems, 0) != ParseOK) {
+				   &elems, 0) == ParseFailed) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "MLD: Failed parsing elements");
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ static int sme_external_ml_auth(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 	const u8 *mld_addr;
 
 	if (ieee802_11_parse_elems(data + ie_offset, len - ie_offset,
-				   &elems, 0) != ParseOK) {
+				   &elems, 0) == ParseFailed) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "MLD: Failed parsing elements");
 		return -1;
 	}