diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index a2328d3eee0367e9a5101b18171ea6c07aa6e042..2ba165330038eadb19cea05847e257c0d15a4ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@ static s32 brcmf_inform_single_bss(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg,
 
 	if (le32_to_cpu(bi->length) > WL_BSS_INFO_MAX) {
 		bphy_err(drvr, "Bss info is larger than buffer. Discarding\n");
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!bi->ctl_ch) {