diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 45f84b0eb909..210f4af479f0 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int __init dax_core_init(void)
 	unregister_chrdev_region(dax_devt, MINORMASK+1);
 err_chrdev:
 	dax_fs_exit();
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void __exit dax_core_exit(void)