1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
index 794ac30a577b..4fa0bcb25dfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1600,8 +1600,9 @@ static int emac_dev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
                 if (IS_ERR(priv->phydev)) {
                         dev_err(emac_dev, "could not connect to phy %s\n",
                                 priv->phy_id);
+                        ret = PTR_ERR(priv->phydev);
                         priv->phydev = NULL;
-                        return PTR_ERR(priv->phydev);
+                        return ret;
                 }
 
                 priv->link = 0;