diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
index f2b4ae1a6a7b86b868df4e5417aec3a993753a85..c31bcf129a5de08122744d7ad0dae956440a5385 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpif_display.c
@@ -1818,6 +1818,7 @@ static __init int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 							  NULL);
 			if (!vpif_obj.sd[i]) {
 				vpif_err("Error registering v4l2 subdevice\n");
+				err = -ENODEV;
 				goto probe_subdev_out;
 			}