diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index c058529db8f6..b7d8c890514c 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -1990,8 +1990,10 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(clk))
+	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
 		goto gpiochip_error;
+	}
 
 	clk_prepare_enable(clk);