diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index 125c326c525fcfdee27899cd185bb781b67ac345..fc874e53bec40064a40dc468e87a9f80a1d62eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static int sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return irq;
 
 	iores = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	sdma->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, iores);