diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
index edf9154327048..99e1a323807d1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static int qedi_alloc_global_queues(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)
 {
 	u32 *list;
 	int i;
-	int status = 0, rc;
+	int status;
 	u32 *pbl;
 	dma_addr_t page;
 	int num_pages;
@@ -1632,14 +1632,14 @@ static int qedi_alloc_global_queues(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)
 	 */
 	if (!qedi->num_queues) {
 		QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx, "No MSI-X vectors available!\n");
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/* Make sure we allocated the PBL that will contain the physical
 	 * addresses of our queues
 	 */
 	if (!qedi->p_cpuq) {
-		status = 1;
+		status = -EINVAL;
 		goto mem_alloc_failure;
 	}
 
@@ -1654,13 +1654,13 @@ static int qedi_alloc_global_queues(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)
 		  "qedi->global_queues=%p.\n", qedi->global_queues);
 
 	/* Allocate DMA coherent buffers for BDQ */
-	rc = qedi_alloc_bdq(qedi);
-	if (rc)
+	status = qedi_alloc_bdq(qedi);
+	if (status)
 		goto mem_alloc_failure;
 
 	/* Allocate DMA coherent buffers for NVM_ISCSI_CFG */
-	rc = qedi_alloc_nvm_iscsi_cfg(qedi);
-	if (rc)
+	status = qedi_alloc_nvm_iscsi_cfg(qedi);
+	if (status)
 		goto mem_alloc_failure;
 
 	/* Allocate a CQ and an associated PBL for each MSI-X