1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index af4491fa7e34..307d976c9b69 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -583,8 +583,10 @@ static int __init i2c_dev_init(void)
                 goto out;
 
         i2c_dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "i2c-dev");
-        if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class))
+        if (IS_ERR(i2c_dev_class)) {
+                res = PTR_ERR(i2c_dev_class);
                 goto out_unreg_chrdev;
+        }
 
         res = i2c_add_driver(&i2cdev_driver);
         if (res)