diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
index 9ccefb9b7232..fee7cb2ce747 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c
@@ -513,8 +513,10 @@ static int nitrox_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
 	ndev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ndev), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ndev)
+	if (!ndev) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto ndev_fail;
+	}
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
 	ndev->pdev = pdev;