diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index ec64b65dee34f..c6951c976f5dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -7099,6 +7099,7 @@ 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;
 	}