diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
index 9b728edf1b49..28cc60688054 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_draw.c
@@ -348,9 +348,10 @@ void qxl_draw_dirty_fb(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 		goto out_release_backoff;
 
 	rects = drawable_set_clipping(qdev, num_clips, clips_bo);
-	if (!rects)
+	if (!rects) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_release_backoff;
-
+	}
 	drawable = (struct qxl_drawable *)qxl_release_map(qdev, release);
 
 	drawable->clip.type = SPICE_CLIP_TYPE_RECTS;