diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 41e42f13a2141..d3bf91a293038 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	if (ld->ops->ioctl) {
 		retval = ld->ops->ioctl(tty, file, cmd, arg);
 		if (retval == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-			retval = -EINVAL;
+			retval = -ENOTTY;
 	}
 	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
 	return retval;