diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-xlp.c b/drivers/spi/spi-xlp.c
index 80cb4d6af892..74a01b09a8a5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-xlp.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-xlp.c
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ static int xlp_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no IRQ resource found\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no IRQ resource found: %d\n", irq);
+		return irq;
 	}
 	err = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, xlp_spi_interrupt, 0,
 			pdev->name, xspi);