diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index cc9787e33acfd8d710ffe928ff680e57307f9b1f..8e92084342622732ecdcd4d8e4b164551906c74e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1329,11 +1329,13 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (upper_32_bits(priv->rxdescmem_busaddr)) {
 			dev_dbg(priv->device,
 				"SGDMA bus addresses greater than 32-bits\n");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_free_netdev;
 		}
 		if (upper_32_bits(priv->txdescmem_busaddr)) {
 			dev_dbg(priv->device,
 				"SGDMA bus addresses greater than 32-bits\n");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_free_netdev;
 		}
 	} else if (priv->dmaops &&