diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index 7356e00fac545d0a38c55a5aeb2c4965d0ff6a70..bfed79877b8a935b7645f65f8d40ac13adca4a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
 					"multi-queue-num-queues", 1);
 	if (requested_num_queues > xenvif_max_queues) {
 		/* buggy or malicious guest */
-		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -EINVAL,
 				 "guest requested %u queues, exceeding the maximum of %u.",
 				 requested_num_queues, xenvif_max_queues);
 		return;