diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
index e6d0c1f64f0b..e6cbe01bc4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov2640.c
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ static int ov2640_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	if (client->dev.of_node) {
 		priv->clk = devm_clk_get(&client->dev, "xvclk");
 		if (IS_ERR(priv->clk))
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			return PTR_ERR(priv->clk);
 		clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);
 	}