diff --git a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
index 38049357d6d3279ff7b95ff801a01e2cb88d9a4b..40712e49381b216dd0ae4af9438e7023bcbeebe3 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c
@@ -155,18 +155,22 @@ static int __init nfhd_init_one(int id, u32 blocks, u32 bsize)
 static int __init nfhd_init(void)
 {
 	u32 blocks, bsize;
+	int ret;
 	int i;
 
 	nfhd_id = nf_get_id("XHDI");
 	if (!nfhd_id)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	major_num = register_blkdev(major_num, "nfhd");
-	if (major_num <= 0) {
+	ret = register_blkdev(major_num, "nfhd");
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_warn("nfhd: unable to get major number\n");
-		return major_num;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (!major_num)
+		major_num = ret;
+
 	for (i = NFHD_DEV_OFFSET; i < 24; i++) {
 		if (nfhd_get_capacity(i, 0, &blocks, &bsize))
 			continue;