diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/falcon/falcon.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/falcon/falcon.c
index f6ac0e4e7..d77d7b3ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/falcon/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/falcon/falcon.c
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ static int falcon_memcpy_params_check(struct nvgpu_falcon *flcn,
 			flcn->flcn_id);
 		nvgpu_err(g, "total size 0x%x, offset 0x%x, copy size 0x%x",
 			mem_size, offset, size);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto exit;
 	}