diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
index a1bda41fb543ecde1a72c2f379ca88e61bd971bf..5c64139161fc25fc16e65e57b4e1805441c7a764 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
@@ -475,8 +475,10 @@ int ath10k_htt_tx(struct ath10k_htt *htt, struct sk_buff *msdu)
 
 	skb_cb->htt.txbuf = dma_pool_alloc(htt->tx_pool, GFP_ATOMIC,
 					   &paddr);
-	if (!skb_cb->htt.txbuf)
+	if (!skb_cb->htt.txbuf) {
+		res = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_msdu_id;
+	}
 	skb_cb->htt.txbuf_paddr = paddr;
 
 	skb_cb->paddr = dma_map_single(dev, msdu->data, msdu->len,