diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index a0affcb090a05162a2d3be2088b68230affc5aae..d9707d47f1e7f3fa8a41718396d1027c7f2db606 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3515,6 +3515,7 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 
 		if (!SRIOV_VALID_STATE(dev->flags)) {
 			mlx4_err(dev, "Invalid SRIOV state\n");
+			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_close;
 		}
 	}