diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov7670.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov7670.c
index 7270c68ed18a5319992f6fa8aee793f04a3ec056..552a881e24da246b6f0842f19292e53404e16157 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov7670.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov7670.c
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ static int ov7670_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	info->clk = devm_clk_get(&client->dev, "xclk");
 	if (IS_ERR(info->clk))
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		return PTR_ERR(info->clk);
 	clk_prepare_enable(info->clk);
 
 	ret = ov7670_init_gpio(client, info);