diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 7ce1d4b7e67d..b13ce5ebde8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -2136,8 +2136,8 @@ static int bnxt_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *dev,
 	/* Read A2 portion of the EEPROM */
 	if (length) {
 		start -= ETH_MODULE_SFF_8436_LEN;
-		bnxt_read_sfp_module_eeprom_info(bp, I2C_DEV_ADDR_A2, 1, start,
-						 length, data);
+		rc = bnxt_read_sfp_module_eeprom_info(bp, I2C_DEV_ADDR_A2, 1,
+						      start, length, data);
 	}
 	return rc;
 }