diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 18cc625d887f796aed4b082eb2366262aec8aaa8..0e215237383b586ac43d3ce0e77e97148e4661b0 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -735,7 +735,9 @@ static void spi_pump_messages(struct kthread_work *work)
 	ret = master->transfer_one_message(master, master->cur_msg);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&master->dev,
-			"failed to transfer one message from queue\n");
+			"failed to transfer one message from queue: %d\n", ret);
+		master->cur_msg->status = ret;
+		spi_finalize_current_message(master);
 		return;
 	}
 }