diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
index eb596ff9e7bb3..279ddff81ab49 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
@@ -229,8 +229,10 @@ static int __init parse_pmtmr(char *arg)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = kstrtouint(arg, 16, &base);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("PMTMR: invalid 'pmtmr=' value: '%s'\n", arg);
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 	pr_info("PMTMR IOPort override: 0x%04x -> 0x%04x\n", pmtmr_ioport,
 		base);