diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma.c b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma.c
index 8201bb4e0cd7f74397bf1bd4d0960d4ed6cb9a6e..62eff48005210be4e93c1df0ff3301bde43676ec 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sh/shdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sh/shdma.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int sh_dmae_set_slave(struct shdma_chan *schan,
 						    shdma_chan);
 	const struct sh_dmae_slave_config *cfg = dmae_find_slave(sh_chan, slave_id);
 	if (!cfg)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return -ENXIO;
 
 	if (!try)
 		sh_chan->config = cfg;