diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
index c2d6331fc712..5be217df1d75 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int vt8500_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	vt8500_rtc->irq_alarm = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (vt8500_rtc->irq_alarm < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No alarm IRQ resource defined\n");
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return vt8500_rtc->irq_alarm;
 	}
 
 	vt8500_rtc->res = devm_request_mem_region(&pdev->dev,