diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_mdp_pp.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_mdp_pp.c
index ee6493e660ad..acfd5f1f066b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_mdp_pp.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_mdp_pp.c
@@ -3909,7 +3909,7 @@ static int pp_hist_collect(struct mdp_histogram_data *hist,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hist_info->hist_lock, flag);
 	if ((hist_info->col_en == 0) ||
 			(hist_info->col_state == HIST_UNKNOWN)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = -ENODATA;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hist_info->hist_lock, flag);
 		goto hist_collect_exit;
 	}