diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
index 3d3d6cd52d473..9d23552a9619d 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c
@@ -1860,6 +1860,7 @@ static int __init early_amd_iommu_init(void)
 		 * Interrupt remapping enabled, create kmem_cache for the
 		 * remapping tables.
 		 */
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		amd_iommu_irq_cache = kmem_cache_create("irq_remap_cache",
 				MAX_IRQS_PER_TABLE * sizeof(u32),
 				IRQ_TABLE_ALIGNMENT,