diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 9c4a21e5a8bb..193fc3942fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4579,7 +4579,7 @@ int atapi_check_dma(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	 */
 	if (!(qc->dev->quirks & ATA_QUIRK_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA) &&
 	    unlikely(qc->nbytes & 15))
-		return 1;
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (ap->ops->check_atapi_dma)
 		return ap->ops->check_atapi_dma(qc);