diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
index bcc595c70a9f..e12fe29b275c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ 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];
 
 	reg = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(reg))