diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index b318714e7591bb49b94e3fa4cffc9d190580cdfa..79fefce2e4f3240e19f6b4d8d8dfb136f1f98235 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -651,8 +651,11 @@ static int nvme_rdma_alloc_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 		return ret;
 
 	ctrl->ctrl.queue_count = nr_io_queues + 1;
-	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count < 2)
-		return 0;
+	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count < 2) {
+		dev_err(ctrl->ctrl.device,
+			"unable to set any I/O queues\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
 		"creating %d I/O queues.\n", nr_io_queues);