diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
index fb3ca8296273d5895118a95a85db94c5ab643dbc..f3c28326c4db45543755382de3e8bf63658eaf59 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
@@ -1014,8 +1014,10 @@ static int mxcmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (irq < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get IRQ: %d\n", irq);
+		return irq;
+	}
 
 	mmc = mmc_alloc_host(sizeof(*host), &pdev->dev);
 	if (!mmc)