diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 7fb7ff043bcd..1f74bab9e231 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	submit->fence_id = idr_alloc_cyclic(&queue->fence_idr,
 			submit->user_fence, 1, INT_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (submit->fence_id < 0) {
-		ret = submit->fence_id = 0;
+		ret = submit->fence_id;
 		submit->fence_id = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}