diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index 34e5f2155d6206463523624b12c8091839ebba1d..b77f5fef7aecab8325ddd29304500cd0b23fc531 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ static int gsi_channel_setup(struct gsi *gsi)
 		if (!channel->gsi)
 			continue;	/* Ignore uninitialized channels */
 
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		dev_err(gsi->dev, "channel %u not supported by hardware\n",
 			channel_id - 1);
 		channel_id = gsi->channel_count;