diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 8311473d537bd551d13d40f3b9b49aa35322d858..92f54e333395834ef13a0e82790f35df53133682 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -13111,8 +13111,16 @@ static struct pci_driver bnxt_pci_driver = {
 
 static int __init bnxt_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	bnxt_debug_init();
-	return pci_register_driver(&bnxt_pci_driver);
+	err = pci_register_driver(&bnxt_pci_driver);
+	if (err) {
+		bnxt_debug_exit();
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit bnxt_exit(void)