diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
index 64ee7819c9d3..fd318cdfe313 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static int msi_wmi_query_block(int instance, int *ret)
 	struct acpi_buffer output = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 
 	status = wmi_query_block(MSIWMI_BIOS_GUID, instance, &output);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	obj = output.pointer;