1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
index 964c1d688274..ae26b06fa819 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int tmp421_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
         if (config < 0) {
                 dev_err(&client->dev,
                         "Could not read configuration register (%d)\n", config);
-                return -ENODEV;
+                return config;
         }
 
         config_orig = config;