diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
index 2390ed077a2f..60f146920b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ static int gpmi_nand_init(struct gpmi_nand_data *this)
 	this->bch_geometry.auxiliary_size = 128;
 	ret = gpmi_alloc_dma_buffer(this);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_out;
+		return ret;
 
 	nand_controller_init(&this->base);
 	this->base.ops = &gpmi_nand_controller_ops;