diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
index 5d27865784c52162eb264926d41bb8829228cbc4..d37ee37aaefe5e4b681f402842cc33c49ddd8cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,8 @@ static int saa7164_initdev(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	if (NULL == dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (v4l2_device_register(&pci_dev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev)) {
+	err = v4l2_device_register(&pci_dev->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pci_dev->dev, "v4l2_device_register failed\n");
 		goto fail_free;
 	}