diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
index 39b9d3abca99..cc698803f8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4282.c
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ static int ltc4282_read_in(struct ltc4282_state *st, u32 attr, long *val,
 						   channel, val);
 	case hwmon_in_min_alarm:
 		if (channel == LTC4282_CHAN_VGPIO)
-			ltc4282_read_alarm(st, LTC4282_ADC_ALERT_LOG,
-					   LTC4282_GPIO_ALARM_L_MASK, val);
+			return ltc4282_read_alarm(st, LTC4282_ADC_ALERT_LOG,
+						  LTC4282_GPIO_ALARM_L_MASK, val);
 
 		return ltc4282_vdd_source_read_alm(st,
 						   LTC4282_VSOURCE_ALARM_L_MASK,