diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
index d3803198e1665578eee81e7e536ec89f5d687722..5bf807a466e3f76e3773ff5ce668a1a5128ecabc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mxs.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int mxs_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iores = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	irq_err = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq_err < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return irq_err;
 
 	base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, iores);
 	if (IS_ERR(base))