diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.c b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.c
index 8e25d3f56438ab925021c34a49cfc58ebdae7674..fa68fe912c95e1aea4c38acfa84f13205ec2d50b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/atmel/atmel-isc.c
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ static int atmel_isc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (list_empty(&isc->subdev_entities)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "no subdev found\n");
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto unregister_v4l2_device;
 	}