diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
index 1a300e14f350cccb65e920f16c0772c3603a1baa..064f186ae81b30573695e91e34c4061416cdec66 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ static ssize_t store_min_max_freq_khz(struct uncore_data *data,
 				      int min_max)
 {
 	unsigned int input;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (kstrtouint(buf, 10, &input))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&uncore_lock);
-	uncore_write(data, input, min_max);
+	ret = uncore_write(data, input, min_max);
 	mutex_unlock(&uncore_lock);
 
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return count;
 }