diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c
index 5456581b473c9f417e07198799371033bb560159..e3345da82c842a917fc942bea1b56fe6f8f33588 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c
@@ -72,9 +72,14 @@ static int i2c_multi_inst_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			board_info.irq = ret;
 		}
 		multi->clients[i] = i2c_acpi_new_device(dev, i, &board_info);
-		if (!multi->clients[i]) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Error creating i2c-client, idx %d\n", i);
+		if (IS_ERR(multi->clients[i]))
+			ret = PTR_ERR(multi->clients[i]);
+		else if (!multi->clients[i])
 			ret = -ENODEV;
+		else
+			ret = 0;
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Error creating i2c-client, idx %d\n", i);
 			goto error;
 		}
 	}