diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
index 707f0573ec6bfade21e43c7a91bd0b3896ed8d79..5d0bcaad2e552f5d9587911b241bfe2369eb855e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/time.c
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ static int __init rtc_init(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("rtc-generic", -1, NULL, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(pdev))
-		return PTR_ERR(pdev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return PTR_RET(pdev);
 }
 
 module_init(rtc_init);