1 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
index b300a2048af1..52319340e182 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
@@ -160,30 +160,12 @@ static const struct attribute_group ads7871_group = {
 
 static int __devinit ads7871_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
-        int status, ret, err = 0;
+        int ret, err;
         uint8_t val;
         struct ads7871_data *pdata;
 
         dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "probe\n");
 
-        pdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ads7871_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!pdata) {
-                err = -ENOMEM;
-                goto exit;
-        }
-
-        status = sysfs_create_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &ads7871_group);
-        if (status < 0)
-                goto error_free;
-
-        pdata->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&spi->dev);
-        if (IS_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev)) {
-                err = PTR_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev);
-                goto error_remove;
-        }
-
-        spi_set_drvdata(spi, pdata);
-
         /* Configure the SPI bus */
         spi->mode = (SPI_MODE_0);
         spi->bits_per_word = 8;
@@ -201,6 +183,24 @@ static int __devinit ads7871_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         we need to make sure we really have a chip*/
         if (val != ret) {
                 err = -ENODEV;
+                goto exit;
+        }
+
+        pdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ads7871_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!pdata) {
+                err = -ENOMEM;
+                goto exit;
+        }
+
+        err = sysfs_create_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &ads7871_group);
+        if (err < 0)
+                goto error_free;
+
+        spi_set_drvdata(spi, pdata);
+
+        pdata->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&spi->dev);
+        if (IS_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev)) {
+                err = PTR_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev);
                 goto error_remove;
         }