diff --git a/qdf/src/qdf_parse.c b/qdf/src/qdf_parse.c
index 469d59a4fdf1..88307470a856 100644
--- a/qdf/src/qdf_parse.c
+++ b/qdf/src/qdf_parse.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ QDF_STATUS qdf_ini_parse(const char *ini_path, void *context,
 	if (ini_read_count != 0)
 		status = QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 	else
-		status = QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
+		status = QDF_STATUS_E_INVAL;
 
 free_fbuf:
 	qdf_file_buf_free(fbuf);