diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index 82c4ecc16f19..d5a62fea8fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -2925,15 +2925,14 @@ BRM_status_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	}
 	/* pci_access_mutex lock acquired by sysfs show path */
 	mutex_lock(&ioc->pci_access_mutex);
-	if (ioc->pci_error_recovery || ioc->remove_host) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ioc->pci_access_mutex);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (ioc->pci_error_recovery || ioc->remove_host)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* allocate upto GPIOVal 36 entries */
 	sz = offsetof(Mpi2IOUnitPage3_t, GPIOVal) + (sizeof(u16) * 36);
 	io_unit_pg3 = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!io_unit_pg3) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: failed allocating memory for iounit_pg3: (%d) bytes\n",
 			__func__, sz);
 		goto out;
@@ -2943,6 +2942,7 @@ BRM_status_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	    0) {
 		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: failed reading iounit_pg3\n",
 			__func__);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -2950,12 +2950,14 @@ BRM_status_show(struct device *cdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (ioc_status != MPI2_IOCSTATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: iounit_pg3 failed with ioc_status(0x%04x)\n",
 			__func__, ioc_status);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (io_unit_pg3->GPIOCount < 25) {
 		ioc_err(ioc, "%s: iounit_pg3->GPIOCount less than 25 entries, detected (%d) entries\n",
 			__func__, io_unit_pg3->GPIOCount);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}