diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/es2.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/es2.c
index b763b27ce9ef9f080936c9f8fd278b6a1c7d4f1f..6ada1ee128fcecc8f3d9a218d103c41104777dc5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/es2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/es2.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,8 @@ static int arpc_sync(struct es2_ap_dev *es2, u8 type, void *payload,
 	*result = rpc->resp->result;
 	if (*result)
 		retval = -EREMOTEIO;
+	else
+		retval = 0;
 
 out_arpc_del:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&es2->arpc_lock, flags);