diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
index d1e9e0ac63b6..78f98aee7a66 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,9 @@ static int __sev_snp_init_locked(int *error, unsigned int max_snp_asid)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	snp_prepare();
+	rc = snp_prepare();
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	/*
 	 * Starting in SNP firmware v1.52, the SNP_INIT_EX command takes a list