diff --git a/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c b/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
index a760ab08256ff47aeffe8a7e3fa4e88a99683022..9019121a80f53ded8c553ae1fa49723ca09dd1cf 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int rpcif_sw_init(struct rpcif *rpc, struct device *dev)
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "dirmap");
 	rpc->dirmap = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(rpc->dirmap))
-		rpc->dirmap = NULL;
+		return PTR_ERR(rpc->dirmap);
 	rpc->size = resource_size(res);
 
 	rpc->rstc = devm_reset_control_get_exclusive(&pdev->dev, NULL);