diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
index 1337b64b36a4..617eb2e4b06e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ int rndis_filter_set_packet_filter(struct rndis_device *dev, u32 new_filter)
 	if (t == 0) {
 		netdev_err(ndev,
 			"timeout before we got a set response...\n");
+		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		/*
 		 * We can't deallocate the request since we may still receive a
 		 * send completion for it.