diff --git a/drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c b/drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c
index a98c911cc37ae..5bb9647b078f1 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ static int stm32_usbphyc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ret = of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &index);
 		if (ret || index > usbphyc->nphys) {
 			dev_err(&phy->dev, "invalid reg property: %d\n", ret);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto put_child;
 		}