diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c b/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
index 53bc455b7bad..0d35d23da091 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/opt3001.c
@@ -366,8 +366,10 @@ static int opt3001_get_processed(struct opt3001 *opt, int *val, int *val2)
 		ret = wait_event_timeout(opt->result_ready_queue,
 				opt->result_ready,
 				msecs_to_jiffies(OPT3001_RESULT_READY_LONG));
-		if (ret == 0)
-			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+			goto err;
+		}
 	} else {
 		/* Sleep for result ready time */
 		timeout = (opt->int_time == OPT3001_INT_TIME_SHORT) ?