diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 12bfefc91b02..e2e8feb1b60d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -5116,7 +5116,7 @@ int __mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 		if (profile->stage[i].cleanup)
 			profile->stage[i].cleanup(dev);
 	}
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static const struct mlx5_ib_profile pf_profile = {