diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index 6097028..be8f61b 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@
                                    uint64_t *frames, struct timespec *timestamp)
 {
     struct stream_out *out = (struct stream_out *)stream;
-    int ret = -1;
+    int ret = -ENODATA;
     unsigned long dsp_frames;
 
     /* below piece of code is not guarded against any lock because audioFliner serializes