diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
index f55c4e80aea409a60349005bfe8ff53ab2ca5b07..d0f140daf65924287833ad03716c4a26e8fb8058 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static __init int siw_init_module(void)
 
 	if (!siw_create_tx_threads()) {
 		pr_info("siw: Could not start any TX thread\n");
+		rv = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_error;
 	}
 	/*