diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
index 7eaf99538216..c87b94ea2939 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
@@ -15245,7 +15245,8 @@ int hfi1_init_dd(struct hfi1_devdata *dd)
 		    & CCE_REVISION_SW_MASK);
 
 	/* alloc netdev data */
-	if (hfi1_netdev_alloc(dd))
+	ret = hfi1_netdev_alloc(dd);
+	if (ret)
 		goto bail_cleanup;
 
 	ret = set_up_context_variables(dd);