diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
index 476dd97f7f2f25a4c0697a6ac2b34c0b5985034e..a778c15e53241ccb3561d9221ac830c444a51502 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
@@ -142,22 +142,20 @@ static int mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
 {
 	struct mlx5_eq_comp *eq = sq->cq.mcq.eq;
 	u32 eqe_count;
-	int ret;
 
 	netdev_err(sq->channel->netdev, "EQ 0x%x: Cons = 0x%x, irqn = 0x%x\n",
 		   eq->core.eqn, eq->core.cons_index, eq->core.irqn);
 
 	eqe_count = mlx5_eq_poll_irq_disabled(eq);
-	ret = eqe_count ? false : true;
 	if (!eqe_count) {
 		clear_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_ENABLED, &sq->state);
-		return ret;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	netdev_err(sq->channel->netdev, "Recover %d eqes on EQ 0x%x\n",
 		   eqe_count, eq->core.eqn);
 	sq->channel->stats->eq_rearm++;
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)