diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_init.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_init.c
index d931a40e5111..3df8868a305e 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_init.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/mhi_init.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/* Copyright (c) 2018-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. */
+/* Copyright (c) 2018-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. */
 
 #include <asm/arch_timer.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ static ssize_t time_show(struct device *dev,
 	ret = mhi_get_remote_time_sync(mhi_dev, &t_host, &t_device);
 	if (ret) {
 		MHI_ERR("Failed to obtain time, ret:%d\n", ret);
-		return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-				 "Request failed or feature unsupported\n");
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "local: %llu remote: %llu (ticks)\n",
@@ -152,8 +151,7 @@ static ssize_t time_us_show(struct device *dev,
 	ret = mhi_get_remote_time_sync(mhi_dev, &t_host, &t_device);
 	if (ret) {
 		MHI_ERR("Failed to obtain time, ret:%d\n", ret);
-		return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-				 "Request failed or feature unsupported\n");
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "local: %llu remote: %llu (us)\n",