diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 763743d5dbd6..10cdceaba475 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -168,9 +168,12 @@ static int i2c_acpi_do_lookup(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list);
 	ret = acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list,
 				     i2c_acpi_fill_info, lookup);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
 
-	if (ret < 0 || !info->addr)
+	if (!info->addr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;