diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index fefe3d391d3a..74e4d93f3e08 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Make sure we didn't get bogus platform data pointer. */
 	if (!pdata) {
 		pr_err("NULL platform data\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail_out;
 	}
 
@@ -742,6 +743,7 @@ static int ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			!pdata->ftrace_size && !pdata->pmsg_size)) {
 		pr_err("The memory size and the record/console size must be "
 			"non-zero\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto fail_out;
 	}