diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 28ddcaa5358b141db53af65dc595b08ef80044e8..42774beeba94d724a4bf3240fdbc944f57851807 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static long nvm_ioctl_info(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 
 	info = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(struct nvm_ioctl_info));
 	if (IS_ERR(info))
-		return -EFAULT;
+		return PTR_ERR(info);
 
 	info->version[0] = NVM_VERSION_MAJOR;
 	info->version[1] = NVM_VERSION_MINOR;