diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
index 8857994b2a16..7abfe0aa1418 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csi.c
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ static int imx_csi_parse_endpoint(struct device *dev,
 				  struct v4l2_fwnode_endpoint *vep,
 				  struct v4l2_async_subdev *asd)
 {
-	return fwnode_device_is_available(asd->match.fwnode) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+	return fwnode_device_is_available(asd->match.fwnode) ? 0 : -ENOTCONN;
 }
 
 static int imx_csi_async_register(struct csi_priv *priv)