diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 5737364fbb54202587583b816ab026b54a33fccd..0acba7481f45d3aabcbb17e279ecc5da2c01094d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, const struct drm_driver *drv)
 		if (IS_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker);
 			DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "failed to create crtc_event kthread\n");
-			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker);
+			priv->event_thread[i].worker = NULL;
 			goto err_msm_uninit;
 		}