diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
index 51d20d234c6112aa3115347b13b72b1e8ccad054..42b3fa09cc8ffee7167f67d1422cd1fad86a29e7 100644
--- a/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
+++ b/drivers/tee/optee/core.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static int optee_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * doesn't have any reserved memory we can use we can't continue.
 	 */
 	if (!(sec_caps & OPTEE_SMC_SEC_CAP_HAVE_RESERVED_SHM))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	pool = optee_config_shm_memremap(invoke_fn, &memremaped_shm, sec_caps);
 	if (IS_ERR(pool))