diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d987ca727a21a..15b0daf416f37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -7046,6 +7046,7 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	priv->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("stmmac_wq");
 	if (!priv->wq) {
 		dev_err(priv->device, "failed to create workqueue\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error_wq_init;
 	}