diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index ca848cc6a8fd..4f6fc1cfd7da 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ struct devfreq *devm_devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	devfreq = devfreq_add_device(dev, profile, governor_name, data);
 	if (IS_ERR(devfreq)) {
 		devres_free(ptr);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return devfreq;
 	}
 
 	*ptr = devfreq;