diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
index ff1b22b69e9c73fb56f842ba367c814c423508af..368219cc2366d666ca92e0ac38497f111d888501 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int hostaudio_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	case SNDCTL_DSP_SUBDIVIDE:
 	case SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT:
 		if (get_user(data, (int __user *) arg))
-			return EFAULT;
+			return -EFAULT;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;