diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 47eee3e083ece6294b1861e009da4cbd16245ea0..e60ca4c8648210c3d7072879b8b82e595a68301a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2279,9 +2279,14 @@ int mlx4_en_try_alloc_resources(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 				bool carry_xdp_prog)
 {
 	struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog;
-	int i, t;
+	int i, t, ret;
 
-	mlx4_en_copy_priv(tmp, priv, prof);
+	ret = mlx4_en_copy_priv(tmp, priv, prof);
+	if (ret) {
+		en_warn(priv, "%s: mlx4_en_copy_priv() failed, return\n",
+			__func__);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (mlx4_en_alloc_resources(tmp)) {
 		en_warn(priv,