diff --git a/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c b/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
index bbc983b04561..3511d40ba3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ static int fjes_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	/* create platform_device */
 	plat_dev = platform_device_register_simple(DRV_NAME, 0, fjes_resource,
 						   ARRAY_SIZE(fjes_resource));
+	if (IS_ERR(plat_dev))
+		return PTR_ERR(plat_dev);
+
 	device->driver_data = plat_dev;
 
 	return 0;