diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt
index 249822cde82b..fdcc49fad8e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/edac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/edac.txt
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ Sdram memory scrubbing rate:
 
 	Reading the file will return the actual scrubbing rate employed.
 
-	If configuration fails or memory scrubbing is not implemented, the value
-	of the attribute file will be -1.
+	If configuration fails or memory scrubbing is not implemented, accessing
+	that attribute will fail.
 
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index d56e63477d5c..e9a28f576d14 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 	int new_bw = 0;
 
 	if (!mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (strict_strtoul(data, 10, &bandwidth) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
 	int bandwidth = 0;
 
 	if (!mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	bandwidth = mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate(mci);
 	if (bandwidth < 0) {