diff --git a/drivers/staging/sep/sep_main.c b/drivers/staging/sep/sep_main.c
index f5b73419eebc..6a98a208bbf2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/sep/sep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/sep/sep_main.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ static int sep_prepare_input_dma_table(struct sep_device *sep,
 					dma_ctx,
 					sep_lli_entries);
 		if (error)
-			return error;
+			goto end_function_error;
 		lli_table_alloc_addr = *dmatables_region;
 	}