diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 03bf81211a5401c366522c68213ecf27cdf4b326..b1eda4a602a80a60b12545b0ecd76795e51ca67a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ static int get_port_caps(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 	struct ib_device_attr *dprops = NULL;
 	struct ib_port_attr *pprops = NULL;
 	struct mlx5_general_caps *gen;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	int port;
 
 	gen = &dev->mdev->caps.gen;