diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/tx4939-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/tx4939-rng.c
index 00593c847cf0..09c5fbea2b93 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/tx4939-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/tx4939-rng.c
@@ -110,12 +110,10 @@ static int __init tx4939_rng_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	struct resource *r;
 	int i;
 
-	r = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!r)
-		return -EBUSY;
 	rngdev = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*rngdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rngdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	r = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	rngdev->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&dev->dev, r);
 	if (IS_ERR(rngdev->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(rngdev->base);