diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 3bf7764659a4..d5e6ac5042d8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int create_modalias(struct acpi_device *acpi_dev, char *modalias,
 	list_for_each_entry(id, &acpi_dev->pnp.ids, list) {
 		count = snprintf(&modalias[len], size, "%s:", id->id);
 		if (count < 0)
-			return EINVAL;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		if (count >= size)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		len += count;