diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
index 963e0f358507..637d728fbeb5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,7 @@ static int pch_spi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		pd_dev = platform_device_alloc("pch-spi", i);
 		if (!pd_dev) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "platform_device_alloc failed\n");
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_platform_device;
 		}
 		pd_dev_save->pd_save[i] = pd_dev;