diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 7e9a0e52949f..d4e2cb9a4eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ static int btintel_setup_combined(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		 */
 		err = btintel_read_version(hdev, &ver);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			break;
 
 		/* Apply the device specific HCI quirks
 		 *
@@ -2566,7 +2566,8 @@ static int btintel_setup_combined(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	default:
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Unsupported Intel hw variant (%u)",
 			   INTEL_HW_VARIANT(ver_tlv.cnvi_bt));
-		return -EINVAL;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	}
 
 exit_error: