diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
index 29488fba21a0..71f331ce6d89 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ int mlx5r_umr_update_xlt(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr, u64 idx, int npages,
 		 */
 		err = mlx5_odp_populate_xlt(xlt, idx, npages, mr, flags);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			break;
 		dma_sync_single_for_device(ddev, sg.addr, sg.length,
 					   DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		sg.length = ALIGN(size_to_map, MLX5_UMR_FLEX_ALIGNMENT);