diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
index dc2f9e061d983c6006ac74584d5a04b3403d5b39..85de565a4e806c02f89aa681f850d2641d52fa9c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis.c
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ int adis_debugfs_reg_access(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		int ret;
 
 		ret = adis_read_reg_16(adis, reg, &val16);
-		*readval = val16;
+		if (ret == 0)
+			*readval = val16;
 
 		return ret;
 	} else {