diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index 2040965d7724bc29fd0cc92532ca9e65dded071c..24768c10cadb7d1e326b3651ce6819ec08021699 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static int smc_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "smc91x-regs");
 	if (!res)
-		platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+		res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	release_mem_region(res->start, SMC_IO_EXTENT);
 
 	free_netdev(ndev);