diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
index 38e8767ec371531695a8aed5fd77c26099389ce2..bf11d32205f38aa282e86209e5e01a2a3e6efcc8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
@@ -124,17 +124,20 @@ static int begin_cpu_udmabuf(struct dma_buf *buf,
 {
 	struct udmabuf *ubuf = buf->priv;
 	struct device *dev = ubuf->device->this_device;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!ubuf->sg) {
 		ubuf->sg = get_sg_table(dev, buf, direction);
-		if (IS_ERR(ubuf->sg))
-			return PTR_ERR(ubuf->sg);
+		if (IS_ERR(ubuf->sg)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(ubuf->sg);
+			ubuf->sg = NULL;
+		}
 	} else {
 		dma_sync_sg_for_cpu(dev, ubuf->sg->sgl, ubuf->sg->nents,
 				    direction);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int end_cpu_udmabuf(struct dma_buf *buf,