diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 02317c1c0238..457ead32105c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -684,6 +684,9 @@ int ubi_wl_get_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 	peb = __wl_get_peb(ubi);
 	spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
 
+	if (peb < 0)
+		return peb;
+
 	err = ubi_self_check_all_ff(ubi, peb, ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset,
 				    ubi->peb_size - ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset);
 	if (err) {