diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/camera.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/camera.c
index deb55da9032e..8b214337c4f9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/camera.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/camera.c
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ static int gb_camera_op_configure_streams(void *priv, unsigned int nstreams,
 		streams[i].pixel_code =
 			gb_camera_gb_to_mbus(gb_streams[i].format);
 	}
+	/* For backward compatibility return number of streams in ret code */
+	ret = nstreams;
 
 done:
 	kfree(gb_streams);