diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
index 97dd79ebb590..e4113ef09315 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ find_free_vf_and_create_qp_grp(struct usnic_ib_dev *us_ibdev,
 	if (usnic_ib_share_vf) {
 		/* Try to find resouces on a used vf which is in pd */
 		dev_list = usnic_uiom_get_dev_list(pd->umem_pd);
+		if (IS_ERR(dev_list))
+			return ERR_CAST(dev_list);
 		for (i = 0; dev_list[i]; i++) {
 			dev = dev_list[i];
 			vf = pci_get_drvdata(to_pci_dev(dev));