diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 9e923cd1d80eb..38a7586b00cca 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ static long mmc_rpmb_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT