diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index bb40382e205deffd9a3312099723b72f84da18a5..5910ea51f8f6f8d98e6f4138d0df1336ac0fb4e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3339,13 +3339,6 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 
-	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
-	if (ret) {
-		netdev_err(priv->dev, "%s: ERROR %i registering the device\n",
-			   __func__, ret);
-		goto error_netdev_register;
-	}
-
 	/* If a specific clk_csr value is passed from the platform
 	 * this means that the CSR Clock Range selection cannot be
 	 * changed at run-time and it is fixed. Viceversa the driver'll try to
@@ -3372,11 +3365,14 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = register_netdev(ndev);
+	if (ret)
+		netdev_err(priv->dev, "%s: ERROR %i registering the device\n",
+			   __func__, ret);
+
+	return ret;
 
 error_mdio_register:
-	unregister_netdev(ndev);
-error_netdev_register:
 	netif_napi_del(&priv->napi);
 error_hw_init:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->pclk);