diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
index 214fff96fa4a..ae712159246f 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/tegra-devfreq.c
@@ -688,9 +688,9 @@ static int tegra_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq <= 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get IRQ\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (irq < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get IRQ: %d\n", irq);
+		return irq;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tegra);