diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
index 7f169329a8bf90c7f9ffdcceae5cbbe44eecb312..6aabcb4de2354090838b885740461ba4cf57581c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int rxe_mr_init_user(struct rxe_pd *pd, u64 start, u64 length, u64 iova,
 	if (IS_ERR(umem)) {
 		pr_warn("err %d from rxe_umem_get\n",
 			(int)PTR_ERR(umem));
-		err = -EINVAL;
+		err = PTR_ERR(umem);
 		goto err1;
 	}