diff --git a/drivers/gpu/ion/ion.c b/drivers/gpu/ion/ion.c
index 98254b5..7f760ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/ion/ion.c
@@ -1391,8 +1391,10 @@
 				   sizeof(struct ion_fd_data)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		data.handle = ion_import_dma_buf(client, data.fd);
-		if (IS_ERR(data.handle))
+		if (IS_ERR(data.handle)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(data.handle);
 			data.handle = NULL;
+		}
 		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)arg, &data,
 				 sizeof(struct ion_fd_data)))
 			return -EFAULT;