diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
index 077ae12269ce3a99fcc35ee099e6453a102484de..d0b508b68f3c3e4969bf46036510255d01ae7dd9 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pci_generic.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ static int probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	gdev->info.handler = irqhandler;
 	gdev->pdev = pdev;
 
-	if (uio_register_device(&pdev->dev, &gdev->info))
+	err = uio_register_device(&pdev->dev, &gdev->info);
+	if (err)
 		goto err_register;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, gdev);