diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index 86e4ed64e4e2..5633809dc61e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ static int ipoib_mcast_join(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
 		complete(&mcast->done);
 		spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
+		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }