diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
index 2848171b8576..b31d8e99c419 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
@@ -82,22 +82,12 @@ static inline size_t sizeof_pwm_leds_priv(int num_leds)
 		      (sizeof(struct led_pwm_data) * num_leds);
 }
 
-static struct led_pwm_priv *led_pwm_create_of(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int led_pwm_create_of(struct platform_device *pdev,
+			     struct led_pwm_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct device_node *child;
-	struct led_pwm_priv *priv;
-	int count, ret;
-
-	/* count LEDs in this device, so we know how much to allocate */
-	count = of_get_child_count(node);
-	if (!count)
-		return NULL;
-
-	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof_pwm_leds_priv(count),
-			    GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv)
-		return NULL;
+	int ret;
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(node, child) {
 		struct led_pwm_data *led_dat = &priv->leds[priv->num_leds];
@@ -109,6 +99,7 @@ static struct led_pwm_priv *led_pwm_create_of(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (IS_ERR(led_dat->pwm)) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to request PWM for %s\n",
 				led_dat->cdev.name);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(led_dat->pwm);
 			goto err;
 		}
 		/* Get the period from PWM core when n*/
@@ -137,28 +128,36 @@ static struct led_pwm_priv *led_pwm_create_of(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		priv->num_leds++;
 	}
 
-	return priv;
+	return 0;
 err:
 	while (priv->num_leds--)
 		led_classdev_unregister(&priv->leds[priv->num_leds].cdev);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int led_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct led_pwm_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 	struct led_pwm_priv *priv;
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int count, i;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (pdata && pdata->num_leds) {
-		priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
-				    sizeof_pwm_leds_priv(pdata->num_leds),
-				    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!priv)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+	if (pdata)
+		count = pdata->num_leds;
+	else
+		count = of_get_child_count(pdev->dev.of_node);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < pdata->num_leds; i++) {
+	if (!count)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof_pwm_leds_priv(count),
+			    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (pdata) {
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 			struct led_pwm *cur_led = &pdata->leds[i];
 			struct led_pwm_data *led_dat = &priv->leds[i];
 
@@ -188,11 +187,11 @@ static int led_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto err;
 		}
-		priv->num_leds = pdata->num_leds;
+		priv->num_leds = count;
 	} else {
-		priv = led_pwm_create_of(pdev);
-		if (!priv)
-			return -ENODEV;
+		ret = led_pwm_create_of(pdev, priv);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);