diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
index 2daa28891b7f466864ae8874a83f764d9e29675c..dd4d6f74d7bd5067a62840019a53c016b74efd6e 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_imx.c
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ static int imx_ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (IS_ERR(imxpriv->gpr)) {
 			dev_err(dev,
 				"failed to find fsl,imx6q-iomux-gpr regmap\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(imxpriv->gpr);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(imxpriv->gpr);
+			goto err_out;
 		}
 
 		/*