diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index 0df0ab3de270..9ce20cb05a9b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -738,7 +738,11 @@ int iio_read_channel_processed_scale(struct iio_channel *chan, int *val,
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
-		return iio_multiply_value(val, scale, ret, pval, pval2);
+		ret = iio_multiply_value(val, scale, ret, pval, pval2);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		return 0;
 	} else {
 		ret = iio_channel_read(chan, val, NULL, IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW);
 		if (ret < 0)