diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
index 2aa72aba4f172af958add1324089984b1c5966d0..06fa5f1b2cfffa833a54cc6eb6584cb0dbaa4be7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
@@ -267,8 +267,10 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 			link = media_create_intf_link(&sd->entity,
 						      &vdev->intf_devnode->intf,
 						      MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
-			if (!link)
+			if (!link) {
+				err = -ENOMEM;
 				goto clean_up;
+			}
 		}
 #endif
 		sd->devnode = vdev;