diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
index d7edb9c5d3a3..e6adb2890ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static const struct fb_ops imsttfb_ops = {
 	.fb_ioctl 	= imsttfb_ioctl,
 };
 
-static void init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
+static int init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct imstt_par *par = info->par;
 	__u32 i, tmp, *ip, *end;
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static void init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
 	    || !(compute_imstt_regvals(par, info->var.xres, info->var.yres))) {
 		printk("imsttfb: %ux%ux%u not supported\n", info->var.xres, info->var.yres, info->var.bits_per_pixel);
 		framebuffer_release(info);
-		return;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	sprintf(info->fix.id, "IMS TT (%s)", par->ramdac == IBM ? "IBM" : "TVP");
@@ -1456,12 +1456,13 @@ static void init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
 
 	if (register_framebuffer(info) < 0) {
 		framebuffer_release(info);
-		return;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	tmp = (read_reg_le32(par->dc_regs, SSTATUS) & 0x0f00) >> 8;
 	fb_info(info, "%s frame buffer; %uMB vram; chip version %u\n",
 		info->fix.id, info->fix.smem_len >> 20, tmp);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int imsttfb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
@@ -1529,10 +1530,10 @@ static int imsttfb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (!par->cmap_regs)
 		goto error;
 	info->pseudo_palette = par->palette;
-	init_imstt(info);
-
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
-	return 0;
+	ret = init_imstt(info);
+	if (!ret)
+		pci_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
+	return ret;
 
 error:
 	if (par->dc_regs)