diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max16065.c b/drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
index d4efc79d7b93..162401aaef71 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
@@ -642,10 +642,7 @@ static int max16065_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, client->name,
 							   data, data->groups);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(hwmon_dev)))
-		return PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(hwmon_dev);
 }
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id max16065_id[] = {