diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 00c84656b2e7e..28ac4693da3cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3535,6 +3535,7 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 
 		if (!SRIOV_VALID_STATE(dev->flags)) {
 			mlx4_err(dev, "Invalid SRIOV state\n");
+			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_close;
 		}
 	}