diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c b/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
index 414fe857fa9d..5e3cbb694a75 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/ltr501.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ltr501_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 		ret = regmap_bulk_read(data->regmap, LTR501_ALS_DATA1,
 				       (u8 *)als_buf, sizeof(als_buf));
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			goto done;
 		if (test_bit(0, indio_dev->active_scan_mask))
 			scan.channels[j++] = le16_to_cpu(als_buf[1]);
 		if (test_bit(1, indio_dev->active_scan_mask))