diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 63ebf722a42484d0c2e54a9a92a30638c9850f37..e7be127eeee48ea939f06b065b9f68b4103c51a2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_generic_scl_recovery);
 int i2c_recover_bus(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 {
 	if (!adap->bus_recovery_info)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Trying i2c bus recovery\n");
 	return adap->bus_recovery_info->recover_bus(adap);