diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index ecd71efe8ea0..f15f6d1e1070 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -904,6 +904,11 @@ rio_dma_transfer(struct file *filp, u32 transfer_mode,
 				rmcd_error("pinned %ld out of %ld pages",
 					   pinned, nr_pages);
 			ret = -EFAULT;
+			/*
+			 * Set nr_pages up to mean "how many pages to unpin, in
+			 * the error handler:
+			 */
+			nr_pages = pinned;
 			goto err_pg;
 		}