diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dc2c96467119..0918a43c3468 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d1ae4da731a6e049a675097ebfd9a02b9b50530e
+refs/heads/master: 213fd2270450f7b5f98803e58bc25063c249e032
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
index ea5f749c5fe7..2b1828017076 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ static ssize_t show_sampling_frequency(struct device *dev,
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(indio_dev->dev.parent);
 	struct iio_dev_attr *this_attr = to_iio_dev_attr(attr);
-	u32 rate;
+	s32 rate;
 
 	rate = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client,  this_attr->address);
 	if (rate < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return rate;
 	rate = (rate & RATE_BITMASK) >> RATE_OFFSET;
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", regval_to_samp_freq[rate]);
 }