diff --git a/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_nandecctest.c b/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_nandecctest.c
index 1051b4814daac55b2563f081f20ae2b42832c6c0..128547c5bd550d76a0340c165e4a1cbea4f25882 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_nandecctest.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_nandecctest.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int nand_ecc_test(const size_t size)
 	print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 4,
 			error_data, size, false);
 
-	return -1;
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 #else