diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
index fe79358b035e5e7d608c1fd2255db4060772a654..27f425137ce6d10aea190528b94c1023a2bee57b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/mb86a20s.c
@@ -1967,6 +1967,7 @@ static int mb86a20s_read_status_and_stats(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 	if (status_nr < 0) {
 		dev_err(&state->i2c->dev,
 			"%s: Can't read frontend lock status\n", __func__);
+		rc = status_nr;
 		goto error;
 	}