diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
index 00cfd95ca59d53fe040ef5b002e7d30604d35e96..3e67f451f2ab918c95d7a6c3429d45b359e18978 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ static int moxart_mac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	ndev->base_addr = res->start;
 	priv->base = devm_ioremap_resource(p_dev, res);
-	ret = IS_ERR(priv->base);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->base)) {
 		dev_err(p_dev, "devm_ioremap_resource failed\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->base);
 		goto init_fail;
 	}