diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
index 9ae12d0c963212b332bd0a69e35e134dad560ab1..6c8695ec7cb9846fc0a53bbff830ce839fa95a21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
@@ -2963,7 +2963,8 @@ static int __devinit gem_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_out_iounmap;
 	}
 
-	if (gem_get_device_address(gp))
+	err = gem_get_device_address(gp);
+	if (err)
 		goto err_out_free_consistent;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &gem_netdev_ops;