diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
index e6ad581eadd81f54e4ec4d6a41e4014d945692db..90c645b8538e0f7ae8c77d625ded6cd6b0e0ca0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ static int enic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct enic *enic = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	unsigned int i;
-	int err;
+	int err, ret;
 
 	err = enic_request_intr(enic);
 	if (err) {
@@ -1977,10 +1977,9 @@ static int enic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 err_out_free_rq:
 	for (i = 0; i < enic->rq_count; i++) {
-		err = vnic_rq_disable(&enic->rq[i]);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-		vnic_rq_clean(&enic->rq[i], enic_free_rq_buf);
+		ret = vnic_rq_disable(&enic->rq[i]);
+		if (!ret)
+			vnic_rq_clean(&enic->rq[i], enic_free_rq_buf);
 	}
 	enic_dev_notify_unset(enic);
 err_out_free_intr: