diff --git a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
index 04e7b2eafbdd..e340bebd3419 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
@@ -1116,8 +1116,10 @@ static int ipu_add_client_devices(struct ipu_soc *ipu, unsigned long ipu_base)
 				id++, &reg->pdata, sizeof(reg->pdata));
 		}
 
-		if (IS_ERR(pdev))
+		if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(pdev);
 			goto err_register;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;