diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
index 6aa0537f1f84..eb978b75d8e7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int mmc_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return irq;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	host->virt_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);