diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
index 856bcfa60c6c..473e5e34ec00 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/addac/adt7316-i2c.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ static int adt7316_i2c_read(void *client, u8 reg, u8 *data)
 	}
 
 	ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte(client);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		return -EIO;
+
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&cl->dev, "I2C read error\n");
 		return ret;