diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index 3cf131508ecf..6e907ee19164 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int rvu_setup_hw_resources(struct rvu *rvu)
 	err = rvu_npc_exact_init(rvu);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(rvu->dev, "failed to initialize exact match table\n");
-		return err;
+		goto cgx_err;
 	}
 
 	/* Assign MACs for CGX mapped functions */