diff --git a/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c b/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
index fb0a0a4dfea4..332b92317fd8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static int sa1111_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return irq;
 
 	return __sa1111_probe(&pdev->dev, mem, irq);
 }