diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_ll2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_ll2.c
index 5f52f14761a3..b73bcbeb5f27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_ll2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_ll2.c
@@ -2351,6 +2351,7 @@ static int qed_ll2_start_xmit(struct qed_dev *cdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(&cdev->pdev->dev, mapping))) {
 			DP_NOTICE(cdev,
 				  "Unable to map frag - dropping packet\n");
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
 		}