diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index 91bf294f7677..a2321fe8d6a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1367,10 +1367,10 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_sw_reset(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 		u32 val = mlxsw_pci_read32(mlxsw_pci, FW_READY);
 
 		if ((val & MLXSW_PCI_FW_READY_MASK) == MLXSW_PCI_FW_READY_MAGIC)
-			break;
+			return 0;
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (time_before(jiffies, end));
-	return 0;
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_pci_alloc_irq_vectors(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci)