diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs_mcast.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs_mcast.c
index a97548ee6a97a097cdcc802997f27e9620ccc66c..996bbb05c3962ce9574e13afec90fa6e401e1b71 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs_mcast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs_mcast.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int ipath_multicast_detach(struct ib_qp *ibqp, union ib_gid *gid, u16 lid)
 	while (1) {
 		if (n == NULL) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mcast_lock, flags);
-			ret = 0;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto bail;
 		}