1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/max732x.c b/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
index 55ae9a41897a..f7868243af89 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/max732x.c
@@ -267,8 +267,10 @@ static int __devinit max732x_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
         int ret, nr_port;
 
         pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
-        if (pdata == NULL)
-                return -ENODEV;
+        if (pdata == NULL) {
+                dev_dbg(&client->dev, "no platform data\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
 
         chip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct max732x_chip), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (chip == NULL)