diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
index 3e863a71c513..7df5d7d211d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@ static int mdio_sc_cfg_reg_write(struct hns_mdio_device *mdio_dev,
 {
 	u32 time_cnt;
 	u32 reg_value;
+	int ret;
 
 	regmap_write(mdio_dev->subctrl_vbase, cfg_reg, set_val);
 
 	for (time_cnt = MDIO_TIMEOUT; time_cnt; time_cnt--) {
-		regmap_read(mdio_dev->subctrl_vbase, st_reg, &reg_value);
+		ret = regmap_read(mdio_dev->subctrl_vbase, st_reg, &reg_value);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
 		reg_value &= st_msk;
 		if ((!!check_st) == (!!reg_value))
 			break;