diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c
index 858d5f0e860f..80b66f16db89 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c
@@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ static int s5m_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
 
 	ret = s5m8767_rtc_init_reg(info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 1);