diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index 2f445b7a174e..8ed6ccb748cf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static int swim_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	swim_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!swim_base) {
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_release_io;
 	}