diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c
index 971f1e54b6526..b1dd6189638b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c
@@ -2282,18 +2282,18 @@ static int __init sxgbe_cmdline_opt(char *str)
 	char *opt;
 
 	if (!str || !*str)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return 1;
 	while ((opt = strsep(&str, ",")) != NULL) {
 		if (!strncmp(opt, "eee_timer:", 10)) {
 			if (kstrtoint(opt + 10, 0, &eee_timer))
 				goto err;
 		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 
 err:
 	pr_err("%s: ERROR broken module parameter conversion\n", __func__);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("sxgbeeth=", sxgbe_cmdline_opt);