diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 22b83a6577eb..df83c4654e26 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -1361,13 +1361,11 @@ nouveau_connector_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 		snprintf(aux_name, sizeof(aux_name), "sor-%04x-%04x",
 			 dcbe->hasht, dcbe->hashm);
 		nv_connector->aux.name = kstrdup(aux_name, GFP_KERNEL);
-		drm_dp_aux_init(&nv_connector->aux);
-		if (ret) {
-			NV_ERROR(drm, "Failed to init AUX adapter for sor-%04x-%04x: %d\n",
-				 dcbe->hasht, dcbe->hashm, ret);
+		if (!nv_connector->aux.name) {
 			kfree(nv_connector);
-			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		}
+		drm_dp_aux_init(&nv_connector->aux);
 		fallthrough;
 	default:
 		funcs = &nouveau_connector_funcs;