diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c b/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
index 11777867c6f5..a212b645b4cf 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/nmi_debug.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int __init nmi_debug_setup(char *str)
 	register_die_notifier(&nmi_debug_nb);
 
 	if (*str != '=')
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 
 	for (p = str + 1; *p; p = sep + 1) {
 		sep = strchr(p, ',');
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ static int __init nmi_debug_setup(char *str)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 __setup("nmi_debug", nmi_debug_setup);