diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
index e02d5e554b908bee9f623d7174c1147bac85306b..fb08f22a7f9c93ed87339a7b67dc00d00be24b1b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-allocator.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ int __must_check fsl_mc_portal_allocate(struct fsl_mc_device *mc_dev,
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
+	error = -EINVAL;
 	dpmcp_dev = resource->data;
 	if (WARN_ON(!dpmcp_dev))
 		goto error_cleanup_resource;