diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
index 96c3c6e83cc0ce38cf122cce2dfbfd36e56d184c..d3f0b84e2d7086e24b4e75a863e34d23464cda15 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,8 @@ static int soc_camera_probe(struct soc_camera_device *icd)
 	sd->grp_id = soc_camera_grp_id(icd);
 	v4l2_set_subdev_hostdata(sd, icd);
 
-	if (v4l2_ctrl_add_handler(&icd->ctrl_handler, sd->ctrl_handler, NULL))
+	ret = v4l2_ctrl_add_handler(&icd->ctrl_handler, sd->ctrl_handler, NULL);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto ectrl;
 
 	/* At this point client .probe() should have run already */