diff --git a/components/drivers/spi/dev_spi_core.c b/components/drivers/spi/dev_spi_core.c
index cef4d0a811..648195544d 100644
--- a/components/drivers/spi/dev_spi_core.c
+++ b/components/drivers/spi/dev_spi_core.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ rt_err_t rt_spi_bus_configure(struct rt_spi_device *device)
                 /* RT_EBUSY is not an error condition and
                  * the configuration will take effect once the device has the bus
                  */
-                return -RT_EBUSY;
+                result = -RT_EBUSY;
             }
 
             /* release lock */