diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index 1415930ceee1..6f8bc1f0e6a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	if (spec) {
 		init_MUTEX(&op_arm_sem);
 
-		if (spec->init() < 0)
-			return -ENODEV;
+		ret = spec->init();
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
 
 		op_arm_model = spec;
 		init_driverfs();