diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index 7af0d5d8cb1df81e6292db0afcd7784bc7a442f8..69e724c96442b21f7d38b0b781d2253a899272cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ static int amdgpu_early_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	if (amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev)) {
 		r = amdgpu_virt_request_full_gpu(adev, true);
 		if (r)
-			return r;
+			return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < adev->num_ip_blocks; i++) {