diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index b8622440243b..bcd05457647e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@ static int set_pflag_rx_cqe_compress(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
+	int err;
 
 	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cqe_compression))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -1882,7 +1883,10 @@ static int set_pflag_rx_cqe_compress(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mlx5e_modify_rx_cqe_compression_locked(priv, enable);
+	err = mlx5e_modify_rx_cqe_compression_locked(priv, enable);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	priv->channels.params.rx_cqe_compress_def = enable;
 
 	return 0;