diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c
index c7559f1d4e2f..5950ae522247 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int vf_qm_check_match(struct hisi_acc_vf_core_device *hisi_acc_vdev,
 	ret = qm_get_vft(vf_qm, &vf_qm->qp_base);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to get vft qp nums\n");
-		return ret;
+		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (ret != vf_data->qp_num) {