diff --git a/drivers/mfd/vexpress-sysreg.c b/drivers/mfd/vexpress-sysreg.c
index c68ff56dbdb1..1463cf43687d 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/vexpress-sysreg.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/vexpress-sysreg.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static int vexpress_sysreg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct gpio_chip *mmc_gpio_chip;
 	int master;
 	u32 dt_hbi;
+	int ret;
 
 	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!mem)
@@ -195,7 +196,10 @@ static int vexpress_sysreg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	bgpio_init(mmc_gpio_chip, &pdev->dev, 0x4, base + SYS_MCI,
 			NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	mmc_gpio_chip->ngpio = 2;
-	gpiochip_add_data(mmc_gpio_chip, NULL);
+
+	ret = gpiochip_add_data(mmc_gpio_chip, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	return mfd_add_devices(&pdev->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO,
 			vexpress_sysreg_cells,