diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 3c4faadb8cddd7fdf6611df3674811664b1eb890..81528f64061a49df3715a8401ad4dc73f24528b9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ int iwpm_send_mapinfo(u8 nl_client, int iwpm_pid)
 	}
 	skb_num++;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&iwpm_mapinfo_lock, flags);
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 	for (i = 0; i < IWPM_MAPINFO_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
 		hlist_for_each_entry(map_info, &iwpm_hash_bucket[i],
 				     hlist_node) {