diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 91899d185e31..1a48be0a030e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -535,8 +535,6 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, long timeout)
 	if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
 		if (retval == -ERESTARTSYS)
 			retval = -EINTR;
-		else
-			retval = -EAGAIN;
 	} else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
 		retval = -ENOMEM;