diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
index 6d43080791a042d7fa38776f1411ac7190b1c3c6..85fb9e800ddf7d9eece48e8f2d84f76ca5328774 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static bool sun4i_layer_format_mod_supported(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	struct sun4i_layer *layer = plane_to_sun4i_layer(plane);
 
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(layer->backend->frontend))
-		sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format, modifier);
+		return sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format, modifier);
 
 	return sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format, modifier) ||
 	       sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(format, modifier);