diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index b2f63f919cc4..cae332b1d7ea 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static unsigned int iio_event_poll(struct file *filep,
 	unsigned int events = 0;
 
 	if (!indio_dev->info)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return events;
 
 	poll_wait(filep, &ev_int->wait, wait);