diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
index cbccd7d3ae1e922e9d43293513fb493d1a6ecfd5..5d1980dd6c484eab7b4676bb399a33ae2a8de502 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ int qedr_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 
 	if (attr_mask & IB_QP_STATE) {
 		if ((qp->qp_type != IB_QPT_GSI) && (!udata))
-			qedr_update_qp_state(dev, qp, qp_params.new_state);
+			rc = qedr_update_qp_state(dev, qp, qp_params.new_state);
 		qp->state = qp_params.new_state;
 	}