diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index ffac8225ff544fe2906381bcfbccfb2d343bbc0f..842e2ed04659e87a7c690a7bfb91b70f60ebfc53 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -3535,7 +3535,6 @@ static int __init d40_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct stedma40_platform_data *plat_data = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
-	int err;
 	int ret = -ENOENT;
 	struct d40_base *base = NULL;
 	struct resource *res = NULL;
@@ -3647,6 +3646,7 @@ static int __init d40_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		base->lcpa_regulator = regulator_get(base->dev, "lcla_esram");
 		if (IS_ERR(base->lcpa_regulator)) {
 			d40_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get lcpa_regulator\n");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(base->lcpa_regulator);
 			base->lcpa_regulator = NULL;
 			goto failure;
 		}
@@ -3662,13 +3662,13 @@ static int __init d40_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	base->initialized = true;
-	err = d40_dmaengine_init(base, num_reserved_chans);
-	if (err)
+	ret = d40_dmaengine_init(base, num_reserved_chans);
+	if (ret)
 		goto failure;
 
 	base->dev->dma_parms = &base->dma_parms;
-	err = dma_set_max_seg_size(base->dev, STEDMA40_MAX_SEG_SIZE);
-	if (err) {
+	ret = dma_set_max_seg_size(base->dev, STEDMA40_MAX_SEG_SIZE);
+	if (ret) {
 		d40_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to set dma max seg size\n");
 		goto failure;
 	}
@@ -3676,8 +3676,8 @@ static int __init d40_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	d40_hw_init(base);
 
 	if (np) {
-		err = of_dma_controller_register(np, d40_xlate, NULL);
-		if (err && err != -ENODEV)
+		ret = of_dma_controller_register(np, d40_xlate, NULL);
+		if (ret)
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 				"could not register of_dma_controller\n");
 	}