diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index 99db892d729905..98969541cbcc9c 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static long snd_compr_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	mutex_lock(&stream->device->lock);
 	switch (_IOC_NR(cmd)) {
 	case _IOC_NR(SNDRV_COMPRESS_IOCTL_VERSION):
-		put_user(SNDRV_COMPRESS_VERSION,
+		retval = put_user(SNDRV_COMPRESS_VERSION,
 				(int __user *)arg) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 		break;
 	case _IOC_NR(SNDRV_COMPRESS_GET_CAPS):