diff --git a/drivers/acpi/property.c b/drivers/acpi/property.c
index d0986bda29640..3fceb4681ec9f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/property.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/property.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int __acpi_node_get_property_reference(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	 */
 	if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE) {
 		if (index)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return -ENOENT;
 
 		device = acpi_fetch_acpi_dev(obj->reference.handle);
 		if (!device)