diff --git a/drivers/acpi/resource.c b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
index 316a0fc785e3..d3f9a320e880 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/resource.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/resource.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_dev_process_resource(struct acpi_resource *ares,
 		ret = c->preproc(ares, c->preproc_data);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			c->error = ret;
-			return AE_CTRL_TERMINATE;
+			return AE_ABORT_METHOD;
 		} else if (ret > 0) {
 			return AE_OK;
 		}