diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 8e24f73bf60be..5628d0ba637ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@ static int mmu_alloc_shadow_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 out_unlock:
 	write_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
 
-	return 0;
+	return r;
 }
 
 static int mmu_alloc_special_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)