diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index fe698c79616c..3db4866d7880 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static int comp_irqs_request_pci(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	ncomp_eqs = table->num_comp_eqs;
 	cpus = kcalloc(ncomp_eqs, sizeof(*cpus), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cpus)
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	i = 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();