diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index e63c1ff1e10256ed2b023341c098978a690ad0b8..8def7a5e436a86a8f58f7765fdf99d99201e3a2f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,8 @@ static void ata_set_mode(struct ata_port *ap)
 		if (!ata_dev_present(dev))
 			continue;
 
-		if (ata_dev_set_mode(ap, dev))
+		rc = ata_dev_set_mode(ap, dev);
+		if (rc)
 			goto err_out;
 	}