diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ad7414.c b/drivers/hwmon/ad7414.c
index 1e4c21fc1a890b38894e26f0b0713fef1bb0fd63..86d822aa9bbf78a75ff20d1e4bff1bb0623d3a79 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ad7414.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ad7414.c
@@ -178,11 +178,13 @@ static int ad7414_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 {
 	struct ad7414_data *data;
 	int conf;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA |
-				     I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_WORD_DATA))
+				     I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_WORD_DATA)) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto exit;
+	}
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ad7414_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data) {
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
index 9e775717abb7f36ab8c7aaf8103de53264e95951..87d92a56a939fcc531c934a1dd70f6ab6f83ab0c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
@@ -1286,8 +1286,10 @@ static int adt7470_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	init_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
 	data->auto_update = kthread_run(adt7470_update_thread, client,
 					dev_name(data->hwmon_dev));
-	if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update))
+	if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(data->auto_update);
 		goto exit_unregister;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/gpio-fan.c b/drivers/hwmon/gpio-fan.c
index aa701a18370793a080a40be5e865465e83820159..f141a1de519cb2af822deef686229734c6d94249 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/gpio-fan.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/gpio-fan.c
@@ -376,10 +376,6 @@ static int fan_ctrl_init(struct gpio_fan_data *fan_data,
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &gpio_fan_ctrl_group);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_free_gpio;
-
 	fan_data->num_ctrl = num_ctrl;
 	fan_data->ctrl = ctrl;
 	fan_data->num_speed = pdata->num_speed;
@@ -391,6 +387,10 @@ static int fan_ctrl_init(struct gpio_fan_data *fan_data,
 		goto err_free_gpio;
 	}
 
+	err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &gpio_fan_ctrl_group);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free_gpio;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_free_gpio: