diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/m5mols_core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/m5mols_core.c
index ac7d28b6ddf25e44347cf1a931755c27e2bdd5ac..0f521f57e8e5b8864bbce00344379de768c3989d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/m5mols_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/m5mols/m5mols_core.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static int __devinit m5mols_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = m5mols_init_controls(sd);
 
-	m5mols_sensor_power(info, false);
+	ret = m5mols_sensor_power(info, false);
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0;
 out_me: