diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
index fa7533578f85..0ada5a12130d 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtk.c
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ int btmtk_setup_firmware_79xx(struct hci_dev *hdev, const char *fwname,
 				}
 			}
 
+			/* If retry exhausted goto err_release_fw */
+			if (retry == 0) {
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto err_release_fw;
+			}
+
 			fw_ptr += section_offset;
 			wmt_params.op = BTMTK_WMT_PATCH_DWNLD;
 			wmt_params.status = NULL;