diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 7c21aaa8b9af236a855c682ab12aff2ae771eec2..092775e396c7f0a1ceca013ce111cc66de549834 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -12674,6 +12674,7 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 				create_singlethread_workqueue("bnxt_pf_wq");
 			if (!bnxt_pf_wq) {
 				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to create workqueue.\n");
+				rc = -ENOMEM;
 				goto init_err_pci_clean;
 			}
 		}