diff --git a/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c b/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
index 286e009509..1a576d62ae 100644
--- a/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
+++ b/hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static void allwinner_sdhost_update_irq(AwSdHostState *s)
     }
 
     trace_allwinner_sdhost_update_irq(irq);
-    qemu_set_irq(s->irq, irq);
+    qemu_set_irq(s->irq, !!irq);
 }
 
 static void allwinner_sdhost_update_transfer_cnt(AwSdHostState *s,