diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
index 932ed9be9ff3d..b10aaeda2bb45 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ static int smiapp_set_selection(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev,
 		ret = smiapp_set_compose(subdev, fh, sel);
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sensor->mutex);