diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
index 245e9344932b..699a83f538a8 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ int osnoise_set_workload(struct osnoise_context *context, bool onoff)
 
 	retval = osnoise_options_set_option("OSNOISE_WORKLOAD", onoff);
 	if (retval < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return -2;
 
 	context->opt_workload = onoff;