diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index d93108d148f..03c0a56f0c8 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6313,7 +6313,7 @@ static int brightness_write(char *buf)
 	 * Doing it this way makes the syscall restartable in case of EINTR
 	 */
 	rc = brightness_set(level);
-	return (rc == -EINTR)? ERESTARTSYS : rc;
+	return (rc == -EINTR)? -ERESTARTSYS : rc;
 }
 
 static struct ibm_struct brightness_driver_data = {