diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 584751da20b17a29054ea2faa571007694d9ebff..38b557a6353d6023a2b9059089d301ea931efbd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ static int mlx5e_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 		if (size_read < 0) {
 			netdev_err(priv->netdev, "%s: mlx5_query_eeprom failed:0x%x\n",
 				   __func__, size_read);
-			return 0;
+			return size_read;
 		}
 
 		i += size_read;