1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index a6809645d212..2fef1ef931a0 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ blkiocg_create(struct cgroup_subsys *subsys, struct cgroup *cgroup)
 
         /* Currently we do not support hierarchy deeper than two level (0,1) */
         if (parent != cgroup->top_cgroup)
-                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
         blkcg = kzalloc(sizeof(*blkcg), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!blkcg)