diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 27fd8d92892d47..a8b4f526d8bb22 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	unsigned long align = q->dma_pad_mask | queue_dma_alignment(q);
 	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 	struct iov_iter i;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!iter_is_iovec(iter))
 		goto fail;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	__blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
 fail:
 	rq->bio = NULL;
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_user_iov);