diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 9f1a14009901..b8af417e7b93 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ unsigned int iio_buffer_poll(struct file *filp,
 	struct iio_buffer *rb = indio_dev->buffer;
 
 	if (!indio_dev->info)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return 0;
 
 	poll_wait(filp, &rb->pollq, wait);
 	if (iio_buffer_data_available(rb))