diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-indexed.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-indexed.c
index 2e10bb13bfc496425e33976be992648a8201ca8e..507731ad8ec1e95a591faf5e6854fd12d098a7c9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-indexed.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-indexed.c
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ static int regcache_indexed_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = regcache_lookup_reg(map, reg);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		*value = 0;
-	else
+	if (ret >= 0)
 		*value = map->reg_defaults[ret].def;
-	return 0;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int regcache_indexed_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-lzo.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-lzo.c
index ad6af925f56cca42e73fdf1fffef8bb415679a7f..066aeece3626265610d17f25785dd2dd1f6ebc5f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-lzo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-lzo.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static int regcache_lzo_read(struct regmap *map,
 	size_t blksize, tmp_dst_len;
 	void *tmp_dst;
 
-	*value = 0;
 	/* index of the compressed lzo block */
 	blkindex = regcache_lzo_get_blkindex(map, reg);
 	/* register index within the decompressed block */
@@ -261,7 +260,8 @@ static int regcache_lzo_read(struct regmap *map,
 	/* restore the pointer and length of the compressed block */
 	lzo_block->dst = tmp_dst;
 	lzo_block->dst_len = tmp_dst_len;
-	return 0;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int regcache_lzo_write(struct regmap *map,
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-rbtree.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-rbtree.c
index 40f23dd8478c48200e0c668bf47239188ad25916..887dbce63aff8704cd09fcaf32ccf3dc641b730b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-rbtree.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-rbtree.c
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ static int regcache_rbtree_read(struct regmap *map,
 		*value = regcache_rbtree_get_register(rbnode, reg_tmp,
 						      map->cache_word_size);
 	} else {
-		/* uninitialized registers default to 0 */
-		*value = 0;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index c5379c86de883b0239aa0613aefe99964b1a7fc5..409abd282c6c90e9684719b8522002b1d1f4acf6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int regcache_lookup_reg(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg)
 	if (r)
 		return r - map->reg_defaults;
 	else
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 int regcache_insert_reg(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,