diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/soc_button_array.c b/drivers/input/misc/soc_button_array.c
index f600f3a7a3c685488e1ede36058439c59f0703dc..23520df7650f5bc9261c3b58cac22a8dfc27423f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/soc_button_array.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/soc_button_array.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int soc_button_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	error = gpiod_count(dev, NULL);
 	if (error < 0) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "no GPIO attached, ignoring...\n");
-		return error;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);