diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
index 0d37ae5b310c..a11b98e99001 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ int msm_dsi_modeset_init(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi, struct drm_device *dev,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	if (!msm_dsi_manager_validate_current_config(msm_dsi->id))
+	if (!msm_dsi_manager_validate_current_config(msm_dsi->id)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	msm_dsi->encoder = encoder;