diff --git a/board/wandboard/wandboard.c b/board/wandboard/wandboard.c
index 99150f9b895e99331df91b0ddc9f193c00e0896c..bf9898c3fe07d312204e46413315d30bcf07dc64 100644
--- a/board/wandboard/wandboard.c
+++ b/board/wandboard/wandboard.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 	if (ret)
 		printf("FEC MXC: %s:failed\n", __func__);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int board_early_init_f(void)