diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
index ab6d6ab3b3d8..2af1cec95884 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ static int ifcvf_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *mdev, const char *name,
 		if (config->device_features & ~device_features) {
 			IFCVF_ERR(pdev, "The provisioned features 0x%llx are not supported by this device with features 0x%llx\n",
 				  config->device_features, device_features);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
 		}
 		device_features &= config->device_features;
 	}