diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 4a2d03cada01ebec73352592dd37337ec35a3e5d..833f78dcf09a59503e6449ad1c99d8a829e1f444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -14647,12 +14647,16 @@ static int i40e_init_recovery_mode(struct i40e_pf *pf, struct i40e_hw *hw)
 	 * in order to register the netdev
 	 */
 	v_idx = i40e_vsi_mem_alloc(pf, I40E_VSI_MAIN);
-	if (v_idx < 0)
+	if (v_idx < 0) {
+		err = v_idx;
 		goto err_switch_setup;
+	}
 	pf->lan_vsi = v_idx;
 	vsi = pf->vsi[v_idx];
-	if (!vsi)
+	if (!vsi) {
+		err = -EFAULT;
 		goto err_switch_setup;
+	}
 	vsi->alloc_queue_pairs = 1;
 	err = i40e_config_netdev(vsi);
 	if (err)