diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_pm.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_pm.c
index 0fad46875bab..49a425a6e374 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_pm.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@ void mhi_control_error(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl)
 				sfr_info->buf_addr);
 	}
 
-	/* link is not down if device is in RDDM */
-	transition_state = (mhi_cntrl->ee == MHI_EE_RDDM) ?
+	/* link is not down if device supports RDDM */
+	transition_state = (mhi_cntrl->rddm_supported) ?
 		MHI_PM_DEVICE_ERR_DETECT : MHI_PM_LD_ERR_FATAL_DETECT;
 
 	write_lock_irq(&mhi_cntrl->pm_lock);