diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/aspeed-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/aspeed-video.c
index f899ac3b4a61..94f97d96dabc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/aspeed-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/aspeed-video.c
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@ static int aspeed_video_init(struct aspeed_video *video)
 	if (!aspeed_video_alloc_buf(video, &video->jpeg,
 				    VE_JPEG_HEADER_SIZE)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate DMA for JPEG header\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_release_reserved_mem;
 	}