diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 33c2b0b77429d09aaa31cb9735458db5762e08a7..fc2e832d7b9ccf3350ee75a0d35a60e3b289b69f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -1342,9 +1342,9 @@ pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned int min_vecs,
 			       unsigned int max_vecs, unsigned int flags,
 			       const struct irq_affinity *aff_desc)
 {
-	if (min_vecs > 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return 1;
+	if ((flags & PCI_IRQ_LEGACY) && min_vecs == 1 && dev->irq)
+		return 1;
+	return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
 static inline void pci_free_irq_vectors(struct pci_dev *dev)