diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index b1e6bebda3f3..210432a3c4ec 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ssize_t of_device_get_modalias(struct device *dev, char *str, ssize_t len)
 			str[i] = '_';
 	}
 
-	return tsize;
+	return repend;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_get_modalias);