diff --git a/drivers/soc/ti/wkup_m3_ipc.c b/drivers/soc/ti/wkup_m3_ipc.c
index 8823cc81ae45345bd0d632436eb4ce387d456e0b..5bb376009d98b78bd0dbf6da3e8f0853f9e6528e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/ti/wkup_m3_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/ti/wkup_m3_ipc.c
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ static int wkup_m3_ipc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "can't create rproc_boot thread\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(task);
 		goto err_put_rproc;
 	}