diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
index 095cbf38eb5d..300932580ded 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
@@ -426,8 +426,7 @@ static int __devinit s3c2410wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wdt_mem = request_mem_region(res->start, size, pdev->name);
 	if (wdt_mem == NULL) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to get memory region\n");
-		ret = -ENOENT;
-		goto err_req;
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	wdt_base = ioremap(res->start, size);