diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 45328d8b2859640d04a01b6b7b14cd9990fa2b7e..353ea0ede0911c4931e78fcd06aa8b0547f7a214 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int dm_get_bdev_for_ioctl(struct mapped_device *md,
 {
 	struct dm_target *tgt;
 	struct dm_table *map;
-	int srcu_idx, r;
+	int srcu_idx, r, r2;
 
 retry:
 	r = -ENOTTY;
@@ -492,9 +492,11 @@ static int dm_get_bdev_for_ioctl(struct mapped_device *md,
 		goto out;
 
 	bdgrab(*bdev);
-	r = blkdev_get(*bdev, *mode, _dm_claim_ptr);
-	if (r < 0)
+	r2 = blkdev_get(*bdev, *mode, _dm_claim_ptr);
+	if (r2 < 0) {
+		r = r2;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 	return r;