diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index e6f594668245..25f267a03d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	idr_destroy(&file_priv->context_idr);
 	mutex_destroy(&file_priv->vm_idr_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&file_priv->context_idr_lock);
-	return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+	return err;
 }
 
 void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_file *file)