diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-stm.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-stm.c
index 49e0f1b925a5..d397849c2c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-stm.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-stm.c
@@ -419,10 +419,10 @@ static ssize_t stm_generic_packet(struct stm_data *stm_data,
 						   struct stm_drvdata, stm);
 
 	if (!(drvdata && local_read(&drvdata->mode)))
-		return 0;
+		return -EACCES;
 
 	if (channel >= drvdata->numsp)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ch_addr = (unsigned long)stm_channel_addr(drvdata, channel);