diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
index 8505afe4b52e1b4a1d2f13885496b05a28f5e278..ddc431529157db635e34f0f095b4a6b91d23f06e 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
@@ -788,10 +788,17 @@ static int __devinit lp5521_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	 * LP5521_REG_ENABLE register will not have any effect - strange!
 	 */
 	ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_R_CURRENT, &buf);
-	if (ret || buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "error in resetting chip\n");
 		goto fail2;
 	}
+	if (buf != LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev,
+			"unexpected data in register (expected 0x%x got 0x%x)\n",
+			LP5521_REG_R_CURR_DEFAULT, buf);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail2;
+	}
 	usleep_range(10000, 20000);
 
 	ret = lp5521_detect(client);