diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/vreg.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/vreg.c
index fcb0b9f256841a291616d85cd1099a09bd8bc088..a839e1913c5b0a9f880e259e62f81466edae4667 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/vreg.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/vreg.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct vreg *vreg_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
 		if (!strcmp(vregs[n].name, id))
 			return vregs + n;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
 void vreg_put(struct vreg *vreg)