1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 13b4554d8fbb..42ad8ae729a0 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static int ptrace_regset(struct task_struct *task, int req, unsigned int type,
         int regset_no;
 
         if (!regset || (kiov->iov_len % regset->size) != 0)
-                return -EIO;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         regset_no = regset - view->regsets;
         kiov->iov_len = min(kiov->iov_len,