diff --git a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
index 847406abd0f8..54ff644aa56b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ti-st/st_kim.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ long st_kim_stop(void *kim_data)
 			msecs_to_jiffies(LDISC_TIME));
 	if (!err) {		/* timeout */
 		pr_err(" timed out waiting for ldisc to be un-installed");
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		err = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
 	/* platform specific disable */