diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c
index 3e7df1c0477f..81d7b21d31ec 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void stm_heartbeat_unlink(struct stm_source_data *data)
 
 static int stm_heartbeat_init(void)
 {
-	int i, ret = -ENOMEM;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (nr_devs < 0 || nr_devs > STM_HEARTBEAT_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ static int stm_heartbeat_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_devs; i++) {
 		stm_heartbeat[i].data.name =
 			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "heartbeat.%d", i);
-		if (!stm_heartbeat[i].data.name)
+		if (!stm_heartbeat[i].data.name) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail_unregister;
+		}
 
 		stm_heartbeat[i].data.nr_chans	= 1;
 		stm_heartbeat[i].data.link	= stm_heartbeat_link;