diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cacheinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cacheinfo.c
index 36c3b07cdf2d..91677f4d3395 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cacheinfo.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int init_cache_level(unsigned int cpu)
 	} else {
 		ret = acpi_get_cache_info(cpu, &fw_level, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			fw_level = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (fw_level < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
index dfef57077cd0..908e19d17f49 100644
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static inline
 int acpi_get_cache_info(unsigned int cpu,
 			unsigned int *levels, unsigned int *split_levels)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return -ENOENT;
 }
 #else
 int acpi_get_cache_info(unsigned int cpu,