diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
index dcc0b9618a649..8819a407c02b6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ static int pqi_get_raid_map(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info,
 				"requested %u bytes, received %u bytes\n",
 				raid_map_size,
 				get_unaligned_le32(&raid_map->structure_size));
+			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto error;
 		}
 	}