diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
index 98c575de43c7..ed18c233c786 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static int sh_mmcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	irq[0] = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	irq[1] = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 1);
 	if (irq[0] < 0)
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return irq[0];
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	reg = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);