diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 0c385b1994fe0..d3c9df62a9d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2543,8 +2543,9 @@ static int nvme_init_subsystem(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 		list_add_tail(&subsys->entry, &nvme_subsystems);
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_create_link(&subsys->dev.kobj, &ctrl->device->kobj,
-			dev_name(ctrl->device))) {
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&subsys->dev.kobj, &ctrl->device->kobj,
+				dev_name(ctrl->device));
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(ctrl->device,
 			"failed to create sysfs link from subsystem.\n");
 		goto out_put_subsystem;