diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index 5beb0c361076..76afe1449cab 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -963,7 +963,8 @@ rio_dma_transfer(struct file *filp, u32 transfer_mode,
 			   req->sgt.sgl, req->sgt.nents, dir);
 	if (nents == -EFAULT) {
 		rmcd_error("Failed to map SG list");
-		return -EFAULT;
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto err_pg;
 	}
 
 	ret = do_dma_request(req, xfer, sync, nents);