diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
index ce033c7aa2e8..9cff0ab82b63 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ static ssize_t posix_clock_read(struct file *fp, char __user *buf,
 static unsigned int posix_clock_poll(struct file *fp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct posix_clock *clk = get_posix_clock(fp);
-	int result = 0;
+	unsigned int result = 0;
 
 	if (!clk)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return POLLERR;
 
 	if (clk->ops.poll)
 		result = clk->ops.poll(clk, fp, wait);