diff --git a/net/nfc/hci/core.c b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
index 3b9610031baa2271fd7b00648b00709bdc483b95..d45b638e77c78ec25b8228eacf2ea0ac754ad8d7 100644
--- a/net/nfc/hci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/hci/core.c
@@ -335,11 +335,8 @@ void nfc_hci_event_received(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 pipe, u8 event,
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 
 exit_noskb:
-	if (r) {
-		/* TODO: There was an error dispatching the event,
-		 * how to propagate up to nfc core?
-		 */
-	}
+	if (r)
+		nfc_hci_driver_failure(hdev, r);
 }
 
 static void nfc_hci_cmd_timeout(unsigned long data)