diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
index a2cdb37fcbbe..2a28101777c6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static int sdhci_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	host->ops	= &sdhci_acpi_ops_dflt;
 	host->irq	= platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (host->irq < 0) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+		err = host->irq;
 		goto err_free;
 	}