diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
index fd17291c61eb96b5b9480669c1f1f090b41c2825..5168bbf3d92fcefa3ce44e3a98359b0fa4c051e2 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpmh.c
@@ -235,8 +235,11 @@ int qcom_icc_rpmh_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, qp);
 
 	/* Populate child NoC devices if any */
-	if (of_get_child_count(dev->of_node) > 0)
-		return of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
+	if (of_get_child_count(dev->of_node) > 0) {
+		ret = of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 err: