diff --git a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
index bba3ccac72fe731a6807e211af9171a3204ce8c8..2b76943ff9cf09ce679927bf9acb27dea95384a1 100644
--- a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
+++ b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static int __devinit ab8500_btemp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		create_singlethread_workqueue("ab8500_btemp_wq");
 	if (di->btemp_wq == NULL) {
 		dev_err(di->dev, "failed to create work queue\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free_device_info;
 	}