diff --git a/drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_drv.c b/drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_drv.c
index 8bbbce594883..67e7f543fe4c 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/rocket/rocket_drv.c
@@ -165,8 +165,11 @@ static int rocket_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		/* First core probing, initialize DRM device. */
 		rdev = rocket_device_init(drm_dev, &rocket_drm_driver);
 		if (IS_ERR(rdev)) {
+			int err = PTR_ERR(rdev);
+
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to initialize rocket device\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(rdev);
+			rdev = NULL;
+			return err;
 		}
 	}