diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
index d7e28ab..d814bb1 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@
 			 * We failed anyway.
 			 */
 			retval = -EBUSY;
+			goto exit;  // Added to return the correct error -Ram Gupta
 		}
 	}