diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
index 26cd0458aacd..5243d5abbbe9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ int qcom_scm_assign_mem(phys_addr_t mem_addr, size_t mem_sz,
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(__scm->dev,
 			"Assign memory protection call failed %d\n", ret);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	*srcvm = next_vm;