diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
index af0d83eaa68c2..1e324f1f656e5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,8 @@ static int atomisp_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *i
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto register_entities_fail;
 	/* init atomisp wdts */
-	if (init_atomisp_wdts(isp) != 0)
+	err = init_atomisp_wdts(isp);
+	if (err != 0)
 		goto wdt_work_queue_fail;
 
 	/* save the iunit context only once after all the values are init'ed. */