diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
index c04292c950f1..94f7856c3bdb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ struct ib_cq *c4iw_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev, int entries,
 		goto err2;
 
 	if (ucontext) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		mm = kmalloc(sizeof *mm, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!mm)
 			goto err3;