diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
index 269596c15133d01008d699baf47ec6a8ecef8a5d..2e52029235104762b0ea4870433c2df7347addd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,8 @@ static int ixp4xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	regs_phys = res->start;
 	port->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
+	if (IS_ERR(port->regs))
+		return PTR_ERR(port->regs);
 
 	switch (port->id) {
 	case IXP4XX_ETH_NPEA: