diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
index 9f07f10361512..ec4c368b4ba60 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ static int spi_nor_init(struct spi_nor *nor)
 		 */
 		WARN_ONCE(nor->flags & SNOR_F_BROKEN_RESET,
 			  "enabling reset hack; may not recover from unexpected reboots\n");
-		nor->params->set_4byte_addr_mode(nor, true);
+		return nor->params->set_4byte_addr_mode(nor, true);
 	}
 
 	return 0;