diff --git a/drivers/mtd/tests/torturetest.c b/drivers/mtd/tests/torturetest.c
index eeab96973cf0..b55bc52a1340 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/tests/torturetest.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/tests/torturetest.c
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ static int __init tort_init(void)
 		int i;
 		void *patt;
 
-		mtdtest_erase_good_eraseblocks(mtd, bad_ebs, eb, ebcnt);
+		err = mtdtest_erase_good_eraseblocks(mtd, bad_ebs, eb, ebcnt);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 
 		/* Check if the eraseblocks contain only 0xFF bytes */
 		if (check) {