diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c
index bb032d7593e3..0b292c5d8ea7 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ odev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 	struct seq_oss_devinfo *dp;
 	dp = file->private_data;
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!dp))
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return POLLERR;
 	return snd_seq_oss_poll(dp, file, wait);
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
index b813ecc6322d..60fb2c708d75 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static unsigned int snd_seq_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 
 	/* check client structures are in place */
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!client))
-		return -ENXIO;
+		return POLLERR;
 
 	if ((snd_seq_file_flags(file) & SNDRV_SEQ_LFLG_INPUT) &&
 	    client->data.user.fifo) {