diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_mech.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_mech.c
index 41465072d0b5..8ef3f1c19435 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_mech.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_mech.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int __init init_spkm3_module(void)
 	status = gss_mech_register(&gss_spkm3_mech);
 	if (status)
 		printk("Failed to register spkm3 gss mechanism!\n");
-	return 0;
+	return status;
 }
 
 static void __exit cleanup_spkm3_module(void)