diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index dee470403036..3e9aa2cc38ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static struct drm_syncobj **msm_parse_deps(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 		}
 
 		if (syncobj_desc.flags & ~MSM_SUBMIT_SYNCOBJ_FLAGS) {
-			ret = -SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid syncobj flags: %x", syncobj_desc.flags);
+			ret = SUBMIT_ERROR(EINVAL, submit, "invalid syncobj flags: %x", syncobj_desc.flags);
 			break;
 		}