diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index b9a770f4d7aef9812e74379a7c8ba5513d8da8d4..0d1d87533f4851b3b94b2b19ccc860b445535554 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static int usbhid_output_report(struct hid_device *hid, __u8 *buf, size_t count)
 	int actual_length, skipped_report_id = 0, ret;
 
 	if (!usbhid->urbout)
-		return -EIO;
+		return -ENOSYS;
 
 	if (buf[0] == 0x0) {
 		/* Don't send the Report ID */