diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
index e06ea7ea1e50243390d8ae389a9deb729db63f7d..3dac35f682388680a2df3801f3038b8cc6c84804 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
@@ -1236,8 +1236,10 @@ static int iss_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	if (!omap4iss_get(iss))
+	if (!omap4iss_get(iss)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto error;
+	}
 
 	ret = iss_reset(iss);
 	if (ret < 0)