diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/intc.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/intc.c
index 15c7c12..01ae730 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/intc.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/intc.c
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(intc, "xlnx,num-intr-inputs", &nr_irq);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("%s: unable to read xlnx,num-intr-inputs\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(intc, "xlnx,kind-of-intr", &intr_mask);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("%s: unable to read xlnx,kind-of-intr\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (intr_mask > (u32)((1ULL << nr_irq) - 1))