diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index 4a68da7115d1..2a65efd3e8da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -1573,6 +1573,7 @@ static int gsi_channel_setup(struct gsi *gsi, bool legacy)
 		if (!channel->gsi)
 			continue;	/* Ignore uninitialized channels */
 
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		dev_err(gsi->dev, "channel %u not supported by hardware\n",
 			channel_id - 1);
 		channel_id = gsi->channel_count;