diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
index dde9c78325e436284b8ce3dacf581a7de49abcc7..e2a3f0af1418fedf84bc6ebbbf1e22ef367d3a61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ int intel_gvt_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	}
 
 	if (!i915.enable_execlists) {
-		DRM_INFO("GPU guest virtualisation [GVT-g] disabled due to disabled execlist submission [i915.enable_execlists module parameter]\n");
-		goto bail;
+		DRM_ERROR("i915 GVT-g loading failed due to disabled execlists mode\n");
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	/*