diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
index 0767043f44a4..3f93624fc273 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int efx_phc_settime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
 
 	delta = timespec_sub(*e_ts, time_now);
 
-	efx_phc_adjtime(ptp, timespec_to_ns(&delta));
+	rc = efx_phc_adjtime(ptp, timespec_to_ns(&delta));
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return rc;