diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 5914263090fc81447e26130baab143802504c088..951641a9680694b34bf2f62f043ec5ca9540e9fa 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -655,8 +655,10 @@ static int mmc_blk_ioctl_multi_cmd(struct block_device *bdev,
 	}
 
 	md = mmc_blk_get(bdev->bd_disk);
-	if (!md)
+	if (!md) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto cmd_err;
+	}
 
 	card = md->queue.card;
 	if (IS_ERR(card)) {