1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index b9cd08df39b3..a3f866d5b8f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -933,7 +933,13 @@ static int upgrade_fw(struct adapter *adap)
                 if (!ret)
                         dev_info(dev, "firmware upgraded to version %pI4 from "
                                  FW_FNAME "\n", &hdr->fw_ver);
+        } else {
+                /*
+                 * Tell our caller that we didn't upgrade the firmware.
+                 */
+                ret = -EINVAL;
         }
+
 out:    release_firmware(fw);
         return ret;
 }