diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 4fcbb0aa71d361e4e5e50600a2d14a7722e22034..fe7bba9241ea41f2e0872dd897ddbda92b07cbf3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	if (rc != -ENODEV)
 		return rc;
 
-	add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", SPI_MODULE_PREFIX, spi->modalias);
-	return 0;
+	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", SPI_MODULE_PREFIX, spi->modalias);
 }
 
 struct bus_type spi_bus_type = {