diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c b/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c
index bea0f313a7a80cbd7528795ff04e67162f77f347..317bc79cc8b9b22eace33116de7504c216b60a39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ static int lmc_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	dev = alloc_hdlcdev(sc);
 	if (!dev) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "lmc:alloc_netdev for device failed\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_hdlcdev;
 	}