diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf3.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf3.c
index ed29b07d16c1..a662989ff21e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf3.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mlxbf3.c
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ static int mlxbf3_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &gs->gc, gs);
 	if (ret)
-		dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed adding memory mapped gpiochip\n");
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
+				     "Failed adding memory mapped gpiochip\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }