diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_mpic_timer_wakeup.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_mpic_timer_wakeup.c
index 147b5d8bb90451b830da2c71319984bdf23bed2c..ce6c739c51e5109fbe315e1f82e741992d994481 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_mpic_timer_wakeup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_mpic_timer_wakeup.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static struct device_attribute mpic_attributes = __ATTR(timer_wakeup, 0644,
 static int __init fsl_wakeup_sys_init(void)
 {
 	struct device *dev_root;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	fsl_wakeup = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fsl_mpic_timer_wakeup), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fsl_wakeup)