diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index ddba57799fd7..85757952f12d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ int of_parse_phandle_with_args(struct device_node *np, const char *list_name,
 	/* Retrieve the phandle list property */
 	list = of_get_property(np, list_name, &size);
 	if (!list)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	list_end = list + size / sizeof(*list);
 
 	/* Loop over the phandles until all the requested entry is found */