diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 647d056df88c8dd2a7d8288e35fa2eeba9b7705b..5fe9e63b15c654e634c598e8320ab858aa4c2e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ static int clk_core_set_parent(struct clk_core *core, struct clk_core *parent)
 
 	/* verify ops for for multi-parent clks */
 	if ((core->num_parents > 1) && (!core->ops->set_parent)) {
-		ret = -ENOSYS;
+		ret = -EPERM;
 		goto out;
 	}