diff --git a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
index 595dc3e340a..b271ce6264b 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,7 @@ mrsas_shutdown(device_t dev)
 		if (sc->reset_in_progress) {
 			mrsas_dprint(sc, MRSAS_INFO,
 			    "gave up waiting for OCR to be finished\n");
+			return (0);
 		}
 	}