diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
index 9f5ccf1a0a54015c09687297ec6b269cad68b37e..cad6588840d8b1678697330af987ef96944f577f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ static int sun8i_dwmac_reset(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(priv->device, "EMAC reset timeout\n");
-		return -EFAULT;
+		return err;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }