diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/xtsonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/xtsonic.c
index e01c0a07a93ac15f490021b34e321f64433537b6..7dfe88398d7d3937cd6f308fb6d08b6943ee58d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/xtsonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/xtsonic.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static int __init sonic_probe1(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (lp->descriptors == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: couldn't alloc DMA memory for "
 				" descriptors.\n", dev_name(lp->device));
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}