diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
index bf0577e819e1c247811f9e1f9c0380e21584a219..7597d099c584149f8d675dca67f67162528c033f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
@@ -506,9 +506,8 @@ static s32 ixgbevf_update_mc_addr_list_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
 		vector_list[i++] = ixgbevf_mta_vector(hw, ha->addr);
 	}
 
-	ixgbevf_write_msg_read_ack(hw, msgbuf, msgbuf, IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_SIZE);
-
-	return 0;
+	return ixgbevf_write_msg_read_ack(hw, msgbuf, msgbuf,
+			IXGBE_VFMAILBOX_SIZE);
 }
 
 /**