diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 7f9d65fe4fd9a441c1aa00f602f3dac14c866563..3b2fcb4fada0491c4500b42555fdef542b4399d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2988,7 +2988,8 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
 	sdkp->dev.class = &sd_disk_class;
 	dev_set_name(&sdkp->dev, "%s", dev_name(dev));
 
-	if (device_add(&sdkp->dev))
+	error = device_add(&sdkp->dev);
+	if (error)
 		goto out_free_index;
 
 	get_device(dev);