diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2563.c b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2563.c
index 370777245f80..8977f5894da6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2563.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2563.c
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ static int tsl2563_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		ret = IIO_VAL_INT;
 		break;
 	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error_ret;
 	}
 
 error_ret: