diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 9e930a150aa2901b8c8415ba77fe9c16ddce598f..7d968362947139959723a43ddfe59c1bbff323e3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (!s->store->chunk_size) {
 		ti->error = "Chunk size not set";
+		r = -EINVAL;
 		goto bad_read_metadata;
 	}