diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
index dfc17a28a06b..b99d2e9d1e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ static int qcom_probe_nand_devices(struct qcom_nand_controller *nandc)
 	struct device *dev = nandc->dev;
 	struct device_node *dn = dev->of_node, *child;
 	struct qcom_nand_host *host;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(dn, child) {
 		host = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*host), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2892,10 +2892,7 @@ static int qcom_probe_nand_devices(struct qcom_nand_controller *nandc)
 		list_add_tail(&host->node, &nandc->host_list);
 	}
 
-	if (list_empty(&nandc->host_list))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* parse custom DT properties here */