diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index e83f54d37f9..f615ab75996 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2038,11 +2038,9 @@ static int idefloppy_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	struct ide_floppy_obj *floppy = ide_floppy_g(bdev->bd_disk);
 	ide_drive_t *drive = floppy->drive;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	int err = generic_ide_ioctl(drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+	int err;
 	int prevent = (arg) ? 1 : 0;
 	idefloppy_pc_t pc;
-	if (err != -EINVAL)
-		return err;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case CDROMEJECT:
@@ -2094,7 +2092,7 @@ static int idefloppy_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	case IDEFLOPPY_IOCTL_FORMAT_GET_PROGRESS:
 		return idefloppy_get_format_progress(drive, argp);
 	}
- 	return -EINVAL;
+	return generic_ide_ioctl(drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 static int idefloppy_media_changed(struct gendisk *disk)