diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c b/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
index af893dda8528..f243496c3745 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_imx.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static int pata_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct pata_imx_priv *priv;
 	int irq = 0;
 	struct resource *io_res;
+	int ret;
 
 	io_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (io_res == NULL)
@@ -121,8 +122,10 @@ static int pata_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);
 
 	host = ata_host_alloc(&pdev->dev, 1);
-	if (!host)
-		goto free_priv;
+	if (!host) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	host->private_data = priv;
 	ap = host->ports[0];
@@ -135,7 +138,8 @@ static int pata_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		resource_size(io_res));
 	if (!priv->host_regs) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to map IO/CTL base\n");
-		goto free_priv;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	ap->ioaddr.cmd_addr = priv->host_regs + PATA_IMX_DRIVE_DATA;
@@ -158,13 +162,17 @@ static int pata_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			priv->host_regs + PATA_IMX_ATA_INT_EN);
 
 	/* activate */
-	return ata_host_activate(host, irq, ata_sff_interrupt, 0,
+	ret = ata_host_activate(host, irq, ata_sff_interrupt, 0,
 				&pata_imx_sht);
 
-free_priv:
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
+
+	return 0;
+err:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
 
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int pata_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)