diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 4e8b15c50481..45fb80b876b0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -2738,6 +2738,7 @@ int ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 	if (cmd.flow_attr.size || (i != flow_attr->num_of_specs)) {
 		pr_warn("create flow failed, flow %d: %d bytes left from uverb cmd\n",
 			i, cmd.flow_attr.size);
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 	flow_id = ib_create_flow(qp, flow_attr, IB_FLOW_DOMAIN_USER);