diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
index 2e08f969bb64e796061b6fbdce3c061a0eaae375..5bf1ea4d92fcfc4a6389bcec016d73a448da8df8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int sun4i_backend_update_layer_formats(struct sun4i_backend *backend,
 	ret = sun4i_backend_drm_format_to_layer(plane, fb->pixel_format, &val);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Invalid format\n");
-		return val;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	regmap_update_bits(backend->regs, SUN4I_BACKEND_ATTCTL_REG1(layer),