diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
index b411344e719e6..26083cdc25ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	db->membase = of_iomap(np, 0);
 	if (!db->membase) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to remap registers\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}