diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
index 22ac6f21e2610df98933f44fed7027cb068b6fbc..2b73f726bbb7013e7805a355c4d820a9bb7fe294 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int storvsc_connect_to_vsp(struct hv_device *device, u32 ring_size)
 			 storvsc_on_channel_callback, device);
 
 	if (ret != 0)
-		return -1;
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = storvsc_channel_init(device);