diff --git a/block/early-lookup.c b/block/early-lookup.c
index 91002b19d09c..3effbd0d35e9 100644
--- a/block/early-lookup.c
+++ b/block/early-lookup.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int __init devt_from_devname(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
 	while (p > s && isdigit(p[-1]))
 		p--;
 	if (p == s || !*p || *p == '0')
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* try disk name without <part number> */
 	part = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int __init devt_from_devname(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
 
 	/* try disk name without p<part number> */
 	if (p < s + 2 || !isdigit(p[-2]) || p[-1] != 'p')
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	p[-1] = '\0';
 	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, part);
 	if (*devt)