diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
index 16f780bc879b..cb19057f1191 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quickspi/quickspi-protocol.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int quickspi_get_device_descriptor(struct quickspi_device *qsdev)
 		dev_err_once(qsdev->dev, "Read DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR failed, ret = %d\n", ret);
 		dev_err_once(qsdev->dev, "DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR expected len = %u, actual read = %u\n",
 			     input_len, read_len);
-		return ret;
+		return ret ?: -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	input_rep_type = ((struct input_report_body_header *)read_buf)->input_report_type;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int reset_tic(struct quickspi_device *qsdev)
 		dev_err_once(qsdev->dev, "Read RESET_RESPONSE body failed, ret = %d\n", ret);
 		dev_err_once(qsdev->dev, "RESET_RESPONSE body expected len = %u, actual = %u\n",
 			     read_len, actual_read_len);
-		return ret;
+		return ret ?: -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	input_rep_type = FIELD_GET(HIDSPI_IN_REP_BDY_HDR_REP_TYPE, reset_response);