diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
index d045b5568e0f83b485db7102e18d2805764bd9d7..578aa6824ad3e3dae3e3d1ffbb4388e84d5d947a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-spi/spi-mt7621.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ static int mt7621_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int status = 0;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	struct mt7621_spi_ops *ops;
+	int ret;
 
 	match = of_match_device(mt7621_spi_match, &pdev->dev);
 	if (!match)
@@ -476,7 +477,11 @@ static int mt7621_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rs->pending_write = 0;
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "sys_freq: %u\n", rs->sys_freq);
 
-	device_reset(&pdev->dev);
+	ret = device_reset(&pdev->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "SPI reset failed!\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	mt7621_spi_reset(rs, 0);