diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
index 7a6306f8483e..c95e04cc6424 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ static int qedf_alloc_global_queues(struct qedf_ctx *qedf)
 {
 	u32 *list;
 	int i;
-	int status = 0, rc;
+	int status;
 	u32 *pbl;
 	dma_addr_t page;
 	int num_pages;
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ static int qedf_alloc_global_queues(struct qedf_ctx *qedf)
 	 */
 	if (!qedf->num_queues) {
 		QEDF_ERR(&(qedf->dbg_ctx), "No MSI-X vectors available!\n");
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@ static int qedf_alloc_global_queues(struct qedf_ctx *qedf)
 	 * addresses of our queues
 	 */
 	if (!qedf->p_cpuq) {
-		status = 1;
+		status = -EINVAL;
 		QEDF_ERR(&qedf->dbg_ctx, "p_cpuq is NULL.\n");
 		goto mem_alloc_failure;
 	}
@@ -2930,8 +2930,8 @@ static int qedf_alloc_global_queues(struct qedf_ctx *qedf)
 		   "qedf->global_queues=%p.\n", qedf->global_queues);
 
 	/* Allocate DMA coherent buffers for BDQ */
-	rc = qedf_alloc_bdq(qedf);
-	if (rc) {
+	status = qedf_alloc_bdq(qedf);
+	if (status) {
 		QEDF_ERR(&qedf->dbg_ctx, "Unable to allocate bdq.\n");
 		goto mem_alloc_failure;
 	}