diff --git a/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c b/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
index 270e19c0bba1222ee4c25e9f5cba647af3cf1c66..86eca614507bd8b9e128e81f55fd8be5d958e301 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/dm355evm_msp.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static struct device *add_child(struct i2c_client *client, const char *name,
 		status = platform_device_add_data(pdev, pdata, pdata_len);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "can't add platform_data\n");
-			goto err;
+			goto put_device;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -222,19 +222,20 @@ static struct device *add_child(struct i2c_client *client, const char *name,
 		status = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, &r, 1);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "can't add irq\n");
-			goto err;
+			goto put_device;
 		}
 	}
 
 	status = platform_device_add(pdev);
+	if (status)
+		goto put_device;
 
-err:
-	if (status < 0) {
-		platform_device_put(pdev);
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "can't add %s dev\n", name);
-		return ERR_PTR(status);
-	}
 	return &pdev->dev;
+
+put_device:
+	platform_device_put(pdev);
+	dev_err(&client->dev, "failed to add device %s\n", name);
+	return ERR_PTR(status);
 }
 
 static int add_children(struct i2c_client *client)