diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
index 713f0185f96dc85c6c04d5ce5141ace0a3cc96ce..e9b9c83928325fc708b72df751d51c08bf7bde82 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
@@ -463,12 +463,15 @@ static int __init scm_blk_init(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	scm_major = ret;
-	if (scm_alloc_rqs(nr_requests))
+	ret = scm_alloc_rqs(nr_requests);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out_unreg;
 
 	scm_debug = debug_register("scm_log", 16, 1, 16);
-	if (!scm_debug)
+	if (!scm_debug) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	debug_register_view(scm_debug, &debug_hex_ascii_view);
 	debug_set_level(scm_debug, 2);