diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index c6e208c0904a..970c9b9ea25d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, const struct drm_driver *drv)
 		if (IS_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker);
 			DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "failed to create crtc_event kthread\n");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->event_thread[i].worker);
 			goto err_msm_uninit;
 		}