2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt
index 249822cde82b..fdcc49fad8e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/edac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/edac.txt
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ Sdram memory scrubbing rate:
 
         Reading the file will return the actual scrubbing rate employed.
 
-        If configuration fails or memory scrubbing is not implemented, the value
-        of the attribute file will be -1.
+        If configuration fails or memory scrubbing is not implemented, accessing
+        that attribute will fail.
 
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index d56e63477d5c..e9a28f576d14 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
         int new_bw = 0;
 
         if (!mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate)
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return -ENODEV;
 
         if (strict_strtoul(data, 10, &bandwidth) < 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
         int bandwidth = 0;
 
         if (!mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate)
-                return -EINVAL;
+                return -ENODEV;
 
         bandwidth = mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate(mci);
         if (bandwidth < 0) {