diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c b/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
index 9b7350935b73..8f6537aa989b 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
@@ -648,7 +648,11 @@ static int exynos_ppmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			dev_name(&pdev->dev), desc[i].name);
 	}
 
-	clk_prepare_enable(info->ppmu.clk);
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(info->ppmu.clk);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to prepare ppmu clock\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }