diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm-qspi.c
index dcade7b99cef..ae1ffe13fa46 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm-qspi.c
@@ -1692,13 +1692,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bcm_qspi_remove);
 static int __maybe_unused bcm_qspi_suspend(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct bcm_qspi *qspi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	int ret;
 
 	/* store the override strap value */
 	if (!bcm_qspi_bspi_ver_three(qspi))
 		qspi->s3_strap_override_ctrl =
 			bcm_qspi_read(qspi, BSPI, BSPI_STRAP_OVERRIDE_CTRL);
 
-	spi_controller_suspend(qspi->host);
+	ret = spi_controller_suspend(qspi->host);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	clk_disable_unprepare(qspi->clk);
 	bcm_qspi_hw_uninit(qspi);