diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
index 6e5a6cc97d0eb694767183add5afdc3936bee499..24cd415677756984047c5d3307066664089c4c14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.c
@@ -3367,6 +3367,7 @@ qed_mcp_get_nvm_image_att(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 			  struct qed_nvm_image_att *p_image_att)
 {
 	enum nvm_image_type type;
+	int rc;
 	u32 i;
 
 	/* Translate image_id into MFW definitions */
@@ -3395,7 +3396,10 @@ qed_mcp_get_nvm_image_att(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	qed_mcp_nvm_info_populate(p_hwfn);
+	rc = qed_mcp_nvm_info_populate(p_hwfn);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < p_hwfn->nvm_info.num_images; i++)
 		if (type == p_hwfn->nvm_info.image_att[i].image_type)
 			break;