diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
index 8de0ff9f580b129928a484a78686b040babf7e5b..857416c80199117c78fee398cfe8cd0a220ccd48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
@@ -1649,6 +1649,8 @@ int ar9170_register(struct ar9170 *ar, struct device *pdev)
 
 	err = ath_regd_init(&ar->regulatory, ar->hw->wiphy,
 			    ar9170_reg_notifier);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
 
 	err = ieee80211_register_hw(ar->hw);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 8bf2bf36fd6d37833e16f9d047afb062925f06f4..2398d4f45f28c87127daf31f060462ebb67c0173 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1416,8 +1416,9 @@ static int ath_init(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
 	for (i = 0; i < sc->keymax; i++)
 		ath9k_hw_keyreset(ah, (u16) i);
 
-	if (ath_regd_init(&sc->sc_ah->regulatory, sc->hw->wiphy,
-			  ath9k_reg_notifier))
+	error = ath_regd_init(&sc->sc_ah->regulatory, sc->hw->wiphy,
+			      ath9k_reg_notifier);
+	if (error)
 		goto bad;
 
 	/* default to MONITOR mode */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c
index 4b5c851b81ff1bc7f32b0a683e4ea45c6827b3d4..526c7f1308db96c48ade31b0f4884562c53c564c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ ath_regd_init(struct ath_regulatory *reg,
 	u16 regdmn;
 
 	if (!ath_regd_is_eeprom_valid(reg)) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath: Invalid EEPROM contents\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ath: Invalid EEPROM contents\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}