diff --git a/drivers/tpm/tpm-uclass.c b/drivers/tpm/tpm-uclass.c
index 1b11c93..71d5807 100644
--- a/drivers/tpm/tpm-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/tpm/tpm-uclass.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	struct tpm_ops *ops = tpm_get_ops(dev);
 	ulong start, stop;
 	uint count, ordinal;
-	int ret, ret2;
+	int ret, ret2 = 0;
 
 	if (ops->xfer)
 		return ops->xfer(dev, sendbuf, send_size, recvbuf, recv_size);
@@ -120,9 +120,16 @@
 		}
 	} while (ret);
 
-	ret2 = ops->cleanup ? ops->cleanup(dev) : 0;
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ops->cleanup) {
+			ret2 = ops->cleanup(dev);
+			if (ret2)
+				return log_msg_ret("cleanup", ret2);
+		}
+		return log_msg_ret("xfer", ret);
+	}
 
-	return ret2 ? ret2 : ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 UCLASS_DRIVER(tpm) = {