diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
index f5dd5f75a40f3589a86a00d5c5ce04fdcfdf70fe..5cf3542a7e86276fb00336eb77490c56d0aa610b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
@@ -210,8 +210,10 @@ static int aq_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_pci_func;
 
 	ndev = aq_ndev_alloc();
-	if (!ndev)
+	if (!ndev) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_ndev;
+	}
 
 	self = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	self->pdev = pdev;