diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
index 47ad64b06623696ca510da02ffafa0d0149256ce..69c5b5ee2169bffedba10eb35d7aadd6cbf32bee 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
@@ -1675,6 +1675,7 @@ static int qedi_alloc_global_queues(struct qedi_ctx *qedi)
 		if (!qedi->global_queues[i]) {
 			QEDI_ERR(&qedi->dbg_ctx,
 				 "Unable to allocation global queue %d.\n", i);
+			status = -ENOMEM;
 			goto mem_alloc_failure;
 		}