diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9ef89ff44..1d2ec0913 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ jobs:
         # if restricted > 0, CI will report an error.
         run: |
           result=$(make lint-licenses | awk '{print $7}')
-          if [ $result -ne 0 ]; then 
-            exit 1 
+          if [ $result -gt 0 ]; then
+            exit 1
           fi
   test:
     name: Unit test