diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
index c75112ee7b97..c7fade836d83 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
@@ -521,8 +521,10 @@ static int ism_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	ism->smcd = smcd_alloc_dev(&pdev->dev, dev_name(&pdev->dev), &ism_ops,
 				   ISM_NR_DMBS);
-	if (!ism->smcd)
+	if (!ism->smcd) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_resource;
+	}
 
 	ism->smcd->priv = ism;
 	ret = ism_dev_init(ism);