diff --git a/drivers/acpi/irq.c b/drivers/acpi/irq.c
index c2c786eb95ab..1687483ff319 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/irq.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/irq.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int acpi_register_gsi(struct device *dev, u32 gsi, int trigger,
 		      int polarity)
 {
 	struct irq_fwspec fwspec;
+	unsigned int irq;
 
 	fwspec.fwnode = acpi_get_gsi_domain_id(gsi);
 	if (WARN_ON(!fwspec.fwnode)) {
@@ -68,7 +69,11 @@ int acpi_register_gsi(struct device *dev, u32 gsi, int trigger,
 	fwspec.param[1] = acpi_dev_get_irq_type(trigger, polarity);
 	fwspec.param_count = 2;
 
-	return irq_create_fwspec_mapping(&fwspec);
+	irq = irq_create_fwspec_mapping(&fwspec);
+	if (!irq)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return irq;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_register_gsi);