diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
index cad29679e90eb0bf0e463f2291ccd4358a179312..186c3ab4456b1453397a80a79262f479a3aaa4e2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ static int fnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	for (i = 0; i < FNIC_IO_LOCKS; i++)
 		spin_lock_init(&fnic->io_req_lock[i]);
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	fnic->io_req_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(2, fnic_io_req_cache);
 	if (!fnic->io_req_pool)
 		goto err_out_free_resources;