diff --git a/profiles/input/hog_device.c b/profiles/input/hog_device.c
index 10c5a45..f0caac8 100644
--- a/profiles/input/hog_device.c
+++ b/profiles/input/hog_device.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static gboolean uhid_event_cb(GIOChannel *io, GIOCondition cond,
 	bread = read(fd, &ev, sizeof(ev));
 	if (bread < 0) {
 		int err = -errno;
-		DBG("uhid-dev read: %s(%d)", strerror(err), err);
+		DBG("uhid-dev read: %s(%d)", strerror(-err), -err);
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
diff --git a/profiles/input/server.c b/profiles/input/server.c
index 86e2ac8..8965c4e 100644
--- a/profiles/input/server.c
+++ b/profiles/input/server.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void confirm_event_cb(GIOChannel *chan, gpointer user_data)
 
 	ba2str(&src, addr);
 	error("input: authorization for %s failed: %s (%d)",
-						addr, strerror(-ret), ret);
+						addr, strerror(-ret), -ret);
 
 	g_io_channel_unref(server->confirm);
 	server->confirm = NULL;