diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index 6b94428a02239022bdf51dc23e8303c9e88db4ca..5e02c1f3e14514a91f03cd5009d42833648c4bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int fsl_spi_do_one_msg(struct spi_master *master,
 			status = -EINVAL;
 			dev_err(&spi->dev,
 				"bits_per_word/speed_hz should be same for the same SPI transfer\n");
-			return;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}