diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
index a0f22ea6d15a..3d8b20828c06 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
@@ -4239,7 +4239,7 @@ svm_ioctl(struct kfd_process *p, enum kfd_ioctl_svm_op op, uint64_t start,
 		r = svm_range_get_attr(p, mm, start, size, nattrs, attrs);
 		break;
 	default:
-		r = EINVAL;
+		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	}