diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index cb56e17..3ca6b94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@
 			goto free_regions;
 		break;
 	default:
-		return err;
+		goto free_regions;
 	}
 
 	mw->mbox_wq = alloc_workqueue(name,