diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
index 3de7f4426ac409d534ec4ec32b587e9a82ba53b4..86abba5827a257befbf8612e22eb5a2e693e17c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c
@@ -58,8 +58,13 @@ static const struct regmap_config hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config = {
 static int hmc5843_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *cli,
 			     const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
+	struct regmap *regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(cli,
+			&hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config);
+	if (IS_ERR(regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(regmap);
+
 	return hmc5843_common_probe(&cli->dev,
-			devm_regmap_init_i2c(cli, &hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config),
+			regmap,
 			id->driver_data, id->name);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
index 535f03a70d630f7f37b0fda73c3e39da92c28c73..79b2b707f90e702d72c55f3165d42a5f8abe122f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config hmc5843_spi_regmap_config = {
 static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	int ret;
+	struct regmap *regmap;
 	const struct spi_device_id *id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
 
 	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
@@ -67,8 +68,12 @@ static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	regmap = devm_regmap_init_spi(spi, &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config);
+	if (IS_ERR(regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(regmap);
+
 	return hmc5843_common_probe(&spi->dev,
-			devm_regmap_init_spi(spi, &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config),
+			regmap,
 			id->driver_data, id->name);
 }