diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-xgene-msi.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-xgene-msi.c
index 0a37a3f1809c..654639bccd10 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-xgene-msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-xgene-msi.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int xgene_msi_handler_setup(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		msi_val = xgene_msi_int_read(xgene_msi, i);
 		if (msi_val) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to clear spurious IRQ\n");
-			return EINVAL;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
 		irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);