diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
index abad78d5b10c7ec24cea4133c83ab119897ce6bc..5bc12598ae9ee6d5a38766b3e6eaf199b53be65f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
 					    struct pt_regs *regs,
 					    int error, long val)
 {
-	regs->gprs[2] = error ? -error : val;
+	regs->gprs[2] = error ? error : val;
 }
 
 static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,