diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 133321a5b3d0..45ce45a5e122 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ static int intel_rcs_ctx_init(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 
 	ret = i915_gem_render_state_init(req);
 	if (ret)
-		DRM_ERROR("init render state: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int wa_add(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,