diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
index 077f3785439e..70e9fd59c5a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int sun4i_drv_bind(struct device *dev)
 	drv->layers = sun4i_layers_init(drm);
 	if (IS_ERR(drv->layers)) {
 		dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't create the planes\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(drv->layers);
 		goto free_drm;
 	}