diff --git a/drivers/staging/mei/interrupt.c b/drivers/staging/mei/interrupt.c
index 3c21c93af8eae8ae4737eeeaceef13f05a459216..8a9044ba35733779ff83bd12511200ee4b30a145 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mei/interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mei/interrupt.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static int mei_irq_thread_write_handler(struct mei_io_list *cmpl_list,
 		}
 	}
 	if (dev->stop)
-		return ~ENODEV;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* complete control write list CB */
 	dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "complete control write list cb.\n");