diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-hdmi.c b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-hdmi.c
index 13071330acadf8df1c281901aa75f8408138d415..0e638210d8275d62236a9a77de48fefac5220d5f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-hdmi.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return irq;
 
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, irq, imx_hdmi_hardirq,
 					imx_hdmi_irq, IRQF_SHARED,