diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
index 53f288c32238ca5a7b53c123ca780ef6fe2349b1..b45dd7f04e2131cdd1098686dc06c0f4e44e4508 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,11 @@ static int octep_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	netdev->max_mtu = OCTEP_MAX_MTU;
 	netdev->mtu = OCTEP_DEFAULT_MTU;
 
-	octep_get_mac_addr(octep_dev, octep_dev->mac_addr);
+	err = octep_get_mac_addr(octep_dev, octep_dev->mac_addr);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get mac address\n");
+		goto register_dev_err;
+	}
 	eth_hw_addr_set(netdev, octep_dev->mac_addr);
 
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);