diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 0e3f6496524d..26b643d57847 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2468,6 +2468,7 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 	if (!(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_STICKY) &&
 	    list_empty(&cpufreq_policy_list)) {
 		/* if all ->init() calls failed, unregister */
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		pr_debug("%s: No CPU initialized for driver %s\n", __func__,
 			 driver_data->name);
 		goto err_if_unreg;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
index 1b9bcd76c60e..c2dd43f3f5d8 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ static int kirkwood_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(priv.cpu_clk);
 	}
 
-	clk_prepare_enable(priv.cpu_clk);
+	err = clk_prepare_enable(priv.cpu_clk);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(priv.dev, "Unable to prepare cpuclk\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	kirkwood_freq_table[0].frequency = clk_get_rate(priv.cpu_clk) / 1000;
 
 	priv.ddr_clk = of_clk_get_by_name(np, "ddrclk");
@@ -137,7 +142,11 @@ static int kirkwood_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out_cpu;
 	}
 
-	clk_prepare_enable(priv.ddr_clk);
+	err = clk_prepare_enable(priv.ddr_clk);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(priv.dev, "Unable to prepare ddrclk\n");
+		goto out_cpu;
+	}
 	kirkwood_freq_table[1].frequency = clk_get_rate(priv.ddr_clk) / 1000;
 
 	priv.powersave_clk = of_clk_get_by_name(np, "powersave");
@@ -146,7 +155,11 @@ static int kirkwood_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		err = PTR_ERR(priv.powersave_clk);
 		goto out_ddr;
 	}
-	clk_prepare_enable(priv.powersave_clk);
+	err = clk_prepare_enable(priv.powersave_clk);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(priv.dev, "Unable to prepare powersave clk\n");
+		goto out_ddr;
+	}
 
 	of_node_put(np);
 	np = NULL;