diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
index e7b4d93e3f28..33eca554424a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
@@ -2876,6 +2876,7 @@ static int cpsw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				       CPSW_MAX_QUEUES, CPSW_MAX_QUEUES);
 	if (!ndev) {
 		dev_err(dev, "error allocating net_device\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto clean_cpts;
 	}