diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
index c12a12556339..4e9a590712cb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int mvebu_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	port->membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, reg);
 	if (IS_ERR(port->membase))
-		return -PTR_ERR(port->membase);
+		return PTR_ERR(port->membase);
 
 	mvuart = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct mvebu_uart),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);