diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
index 98ddb49ad52b..4cc5d10ed0d4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int si2165_upload_firmware(struct si2165_state *state)
 	/* reset crc */
 	ret = si2165_writereg8(state, 0x0379, 0x01);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 
 	ret = si2165_upload_firmware_block(state, data, len,
 					   &offset, block_count);