diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c
index faed794cf75afcf50b8312395b5a01e7b5174a8d..a6624ad252c54a2f535e8e710b214d904ba5b731 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcmulti.c
@@ -5481,7 +5481,7 @@ HFCmulti_init(void)
 		if (err) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "error registering embedded driver: "
 				"%x\n", err);
-			return -err;
+			return err;
 		}
 		HFC_cnt++;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "%d devices registered\n", HFC_cnt);