diff --git a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
index e79f2a181ad2..b9ec4a16db1f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ static int __init rtc_hctosys(void)
 	tv64.tv_sec = rtc_tm_to_time64(&tm);
 
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
-	if (tv64.tv_sec > INT_MAX)
+	if (tv64.tv_sec > INT_MAX) {
+		err = -ERANGE;
 		goto err_read;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	err = do_settimeofday64(&tv64);