diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
index 4385976277ac..7ef909d4242d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/xen-fbfront.c
@@ -443,7 +443,11 @@ static int xenfb_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	fb_info->fbdefio = &xenfb_defio;
-	fb_deferred_io_init(fb_info);
+	ret = fb_deferred_io_init(fb_info);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, ret, "fb_deferred_io_init");
+		goto error_cmap;
+	}
 
 	xenfb_init_shared_page(info, fb_info);
 
@@ -465,6 +469,7 @@ static int xenfb_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 
 error_fb:
 	fb_deferred_io_cleanup(fb_info);
+error_cmap:
 	fb_dealloc_cmap(&fb_info->cmap);
 	framebuffer_release(fb_info);
 error_nomem: