diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
index 52b8ed9bd87c2e20707c41ab0eaac247de26afce..adff46375a32297ce01a7fdd519483ccc1226012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ static int sun7i_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return stmmac_dvr_probe(&pdev->dev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
+	ret = stmmac_dvr_probe(&pdev->dev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
+	if (ret)
+		sun7i_gmac_exit(pdev, plat_dat->bsp_priv);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id sun7i_dwmac_match[] = {