diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index 3788a181f17683e150146c3e2b0e1af5e53efe39..b4eebe34ca91d9e6fc268638fb8e5b140e3dc5c0 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 	ret = vmbus_post_msg(open_msg,
 			       sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_open_channel));
 
-	if (ret != 0)
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		err = ret;
 		goto error1;
+	}
 
 	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&open_info->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {