diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c
index 103ab8c556e7..7ea06bbc6197 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sunzilog.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static int __init sunzilog_console_setup(struct console *con, char *options)
 	int baud, brg;
 
 	if (up->port.type != PORT_SUNZILOG)
-		return -1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Console: ttyS%d (SunZilog zs%d)\n",
 	       (sunzilog_reg.minor - 64) + con->index, con->index);