diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index f3dd2641d29af1b3bb96bb22dc12109fa785f16d..cddfc0e43a808b918c7768bf23b19e2f914da72c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int __init evm_set_param(char *str)
 	else
 		pr_err("invalid \"%s\" mode", str);
 
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 __setup("evm=", evm_set_param);