diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c
index 57cda2a1437b0..92f1411e4f524 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c
@@ -2210,5 +2210,5 @@ nvbios_init(struct nouveau_subdev *subdev, bool execute)
 		ret = nvbios_exec(&init);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }