diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c b/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
index ba6bd03a015ff6afad60ae65d8c614b35a6671d4..a637910b02dd74766f4c79ebed4385dea8fb18f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/am79c961a.c
@@ -693,11 +693,15 @@ static int __init am79c961_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * done by the ether bootp loader.
 	 */
 	dev->base_addr = res->start;
-	dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	ret = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 
-	ret = -ENODEV;
-	if (dev->irq < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto nodev;
+	}
+	dev->irq = ret;
+
+	ret = -ENODEV;
 	if (!request_region(dev->base_addr, 0x18, dev->name))
 		goto nodev;