diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc_hif.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc_hif.c
index 37a13f099c64d529abd6802dc3d99a4fa78161b7..e9d34509a8618eab9f2e437aa8f851089b0e7eb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc_hif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc_hif.c
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ int ath6kldev_setup(struct ath6kl_device *dev)
 	/* must be a power of 2 */
 	if ((dev->htc_cnxt->block_sz & (dev->htc_cnxt->block_sz - 1)) != 0) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
+		status = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail_setup;
 	}