diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 8e5818e735e2..fe1557aa9b10 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ memory_probe_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	nid = memory_add_physaddr_to_nid(phys_addr);
 	ret = __add_memory(nid, phys_addr,