diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 9f96f1b43c15..6a3694a4843f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ memory_probe_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
 	ret = __add_memory(nid, phys_addr,