diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mxc.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mxc.c
index a3ed1cf935ba28fc77008f958383a1a4c4f59ce5..419874fefa4b977ed205fd1aee50c808c1866cf5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mxc.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mxc.c
@@ -394,7 +394,10 @@ static int mxc_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(pdata->clk);
 	}
 
-	clk_prepare_enable(pdata->clk);
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(pdata->clk);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	rate = clk_get_rate(pdata->clk);
 
 	if (rate == 32768)