diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 63634b4d72c158f3e3ea487b3ae36d8a75f0a398..59c648d518488869b6cc4c6b227933aa3419bedd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 					   initrd_len, cmdline, 0);
 	if (!dtb) {
 		pr_err("Preparing for new dtb failed\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_err;
 	}