diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
index 480b3da4d8a67d2f02f8b14ad320713bea53d9d3..e424a6d1a68c9433c0ba7f646e95f8255780a307 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
@@ -2293,8 +2293,10 @@ static int perf_request_latency(void *arg)
 		struct intel_context *ce;
 
 		ce = intel_context_create(engine);
-		if (IS_ERR(ce))
+		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(ce);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		err = intel_context_pin(ce);
 		if (err) {