diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index a71f29d5ca0493a0de7e5243720b2e2fd528adfb..f0d1362913ef1b61b545b98a618672e589ad8018 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ int rndis_filter_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 
 	rndisDevice = get_rndis_device();
 	if (!rndisDevice)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * Let the inner driver handle this first to create the netvsc channel