diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 2c0bad6ebce0ceef913f988c54db66afc4a77a63..eb3d9c0b83dd6f0ff52333c412d3bc6dea3fc2f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1427,15 +1427,16 @@ void i915_master_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_master *master)
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB)
-static void i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+static int i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	struct apertures_struct *ap;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev_priv->dev->pdev;
 	bool primary;
+	int ret;
 
 	ap = alloc_apertures(1);
 	if (!ap)
-		return;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ap->ranges[0].base = dev_priv->gtt.mappable_base;
 	ap->ranges[0].size = dev_priv->gtt.mappable_end;
@@ -1443,13 +1444,16 @@ static void i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	primary =
 		pdev->resource[PCI_ROM_RESOURCE].flags & IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW;
 
-	remove_conflicting_framebuffers(ap, "inteldrmfb", primary);
+	ret = remove_conflicting_framebuffers(ap, "inteldrmfb", primary);
 
 	kfree(ap);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 #else
-static void i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+static int i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1667,7 +1671,11 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 			goto out_gtt;
 		}
 
-		i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(dev_priv);
+		ret = i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(dev_priv);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to remove conflicting framebuffer drivers\n");
+			goto out_gtt;
+		}
 	}
 
 	pci_set_master(dev->pdev);