diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
index d80bc8a3200fa..67e314fdd9471 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ static int sm501fb_start(struct sm501fb_info *info,
 	info->fbmem = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (info->fbmem == NULL) {
 		dev_err(dev, "cannot remap framebuffer\n");
+		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto err_mem_res;
 	}