diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index df05e60bed9a2..6e5ea0213b477 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,9 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	mmc->ops = &meson_mmc_ops;
-	mmc_add_host(mmc);
+	ret = mmc_add_host(mmc);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_irq;
 
 	return 0;