1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index 0ea141ece19e..6547a9dd5935 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,8 @@ netxen_validate_firmware(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
         val = nx_get_bios_version(adapter);
-        netxen_rom_fast_read(adapter, NX_BIOS_VERSION_OFFSET, (int *)&bios);
+        if (netxen_rom_fast_read(adapter, NX_BIOS_VERSION_OFFSET, (int *)&bios))
+                return -EIO;
         if ((__force u32)val != bios) {
                 dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: firmware bios is incompatible\n",
                                 fw_name[fw_type]);