diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 168148686001947a8ac20a0d24dd88cf63e9f461..49fa59e09187bd3beb6049debe5ff066c3c594a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -159,8 +159,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	shmem->pages = drm_gem_shmem_get_sg_table(&bo->base.base);
 	if (IS_ERR(shmem->pages)) {
 		drm_gem_shmem_unpin(&bo->base.base);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(shmem->pages);
 		shmem->pages = NULL;
-		return PTR_ERR(shmem->pages);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (use_dma_api) {