diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
index 9907c0cec95861a8081485e59409fc5bd697daf8..4d794ac848726f65373afc4905d46c26f5a6087a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
@@ -657,8 +657,11 @@ static int ks7010_upload_firmware(struct ks_sdio_card *card)
 
 	/* Firmware running ? */
 	ret = ks7010_sdio_readb(priv, GCR_A, &byte);
+	if (ret)
+		goto release_host_and_free;
 	if (byte == GCR_A_RUN) {
 		netdev_dbg(priv->net_dev, "MAC firmware running ...\n");
+		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto release_host_and_free;
 	}