diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
index c9798210fa0f..0495487f7b42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ static int orion_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			dev->regs + MVMDIO_ERR_INT_MASK);
 
 	} else if (dev->err_interrupt == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto out_mdio;
 	}
 
 	if (pdev->dev.of_node)