diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
index b4ec479c32cda13cfd5e125c70878104afb5b877..b375394193be822dcb1d655078e47396c9787b4c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 					     vgdev->host_visible_region.len,
 					     dev_name(&vgdev->vdev->dev))) {
 			DRM_ERROR("Could not reserve host visible region\n");
+			ret = -EBUSY;
 			goto err_vqs;
 		}