diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 579fc0bd722f39e257863d0ffd96b2c6baa3932a..654fc1ebd675b1a57ddec6a6229a9815d842db3c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2328,6 +2328,7 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc_req(struct mmc_card *card,
 	 */
 	if (!blk_get_queue(md->queue.queue)) {
 		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto err_putdisk;
 	}