diff --git a/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c b/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
index e4cc64f560196d5579839e53dc7fc6d100c5f48e..2e545f473cc68fb3bd675518027cb3bfeaef46eb 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/renesas-rpc-if.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ static int rpcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct platform_device *vdev;
 	struct device_node *flash;
 	const char *name;
+	int ret;
 
 	flash = of_get_next_child(pdev->dev.of_node, NULL);
 	if (!flash) {
@@ -674,7 +675,14 @@ static int rpcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	vdev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, vdev);
-	return platform_device_add(vdev);
+
+	ret = platform_device_add(vdev);
+	if (ret) {
+		platform_device_put(vdev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int rpcif_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)