diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 717c1db54c8b..5ce2db2f37b2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 024dc078558e64e4cebc62c096285430a61dd10e
+refs/heads/master: 3ebb5c9b1056b7eaae3e5dd11b97e2830797e51c
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-io.c b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-io.c
index 66fcccd79efe..dd89933e2c72 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-io.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-io.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static unsigned int hw_read(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, unsigned int reg)
 		if (ret == 0)
 			return val;
 		else
-			return ret;
+			return -1;
 	}
 
 	ret = snd_soc_cache_read(codec, reg, &val);