diff --git a/drivers/i2s/i2s_nrf_tdm.c b/drivers/i2s/i2s_nrf_tdm.c
index 2e9e94c0702..f1a691e0cef 100644
--- a/drivers/i2s/i2s_nrf_tdm.c
+++ b/drivers/i2s/i2s_nrf_tdm.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int tdm_nrf_configure(const struct device *dev, enum i2s_dir dir,
 		tdm_cfg->block_size <= NRFX_TDM_MIN_TRANSFER_SIZE_ALLOWED) {
 		LOG_ERR("This device can only transmit full 32-bit words greater than %u bytes.",
 			NRFX_TDM_MIN_TRANSFER_SIZE_ALLOWED);
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	switch (tdm_cfg->word_size) {