diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
index 8e142e6ed..c13c96146 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
@@ -754,7 +754,9 @@ static int gk20a_pm_prepare_poweroff(struct device *dev)
 	if (!g->power_on)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret |= gk20a_channel_suspend(g);
+	ret = gk20a_channel_suspend(g);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * After this point, gk20a interrupts should not get