diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index c7152b4bd9eb..c4f32c32dfd5 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -1923,6 +1923,9 @@ static int cxl_region_probe(struct device *dev)
 	 */
 	up_read(&cxl_region_rwsem);
 
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
 	switch (cxlr->mode) {
 	case CXL_DECODER_PMEM:
 		return devm_cxl_add_pmem_region(cxlr);