diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4261.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4261.c
index 6c50db9530db..0becd69842bb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4261.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4261.c
@@ -240,10 +240,7 @@ static int ltc4261_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, client->name,
 							   data,
 							   ltc4261_groups);
-	if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev))
-		return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hwmon_dev);
 }
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id ltc4261_id[] = {