diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index a925577c8253..ef9eb0c53c66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -6638,7 +6638,9 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
 				flow_keys_bonding_keys,
 				ARRAY_SIZE(flow_keys_bonding_keys));
 
-	register_netdevice_notifier(&bond_netdev_notifier);
+	res = register_netdevice_notifier(&bond_netdev_notifier);
+	if (res)
+		goto err;
 out:
 	return res;
 err: