diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c
index 4db620849515..fb95dbb21dd8 100644
--- a/block/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/block/bio-integrity.c
@@ -276,8 +276,12 @@ bool bio_integrity_prep(struct bio *bio)
 		ret = bio_integrity_add_page(bio, virt_to_page(buf),
 					     bytes, offset);
 
-		if (ret == 0)
-			return false;
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "could not attach integrity payload\n");
+			kfree(buf);
+			status = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+			goto err_end_io;
+		}
 
 		if (ret < bytes)
 			break;