diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 94c652b9a0a8..9cbc0179d24e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4890,7 +4890,7 @@ static int __init stmmac_cmdline_opt(char *str)
 	char *opt;
 
 	if (!str || !*str)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return 1;
 	while ((opt = strsep(&str, ",")) != NULL) {
 		if (!strncmp(opt, "debug:", 6)) {
 			if (kstrtoint(opt + 6, 0, &debug))
@@ -4921,11 +4921,11 @@ static int __init stmmac_cmdline_opt(char *str)
 				goto err;
 		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 
 err:
 	pr_err("%s: ERROR broken module parameter conversion", __func__);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("stmmaceth=", stmmac_cmdline_opt);