diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 7262b77a8e02..507994304674 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -8049,7 +8049,8 @@ static int raid5_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 			goto abort;
 	}
 
-	if (log_init(conf, journal_dev, raid5_has_ppl(conf)))
+	ret = log_init(conf, journal_dev, raid5_has_ppl(conf));
+	if (ret)
 		goto abort;
 
 	return 0;