diff --git a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
index f1a99de6de4f..9882f243d681 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ static int raspberrypi_clk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	rpi->cpufreq = platform_device_register_data(dev, "raspberrypi-cpufreq",
 						     -1, NULL, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(rpi->cpufreq))
+		return PTR_ERR(rpi->cpufreq);
 
 	return 0;
 }