diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson.c
index 2cd6fce5c993..e7701326adc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-loongson.c
@@ -68,17 +68,15 @@ static int loongson_dwmac_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id
 	if (!plat)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	plat->mdio_bus_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+					   sizeof(*plat->mdio_bus_data),
+					   GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!plat->mdio_bus_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	plat->mdio_node = of_get_child_by_name(np, "mdio");
 	if (plat->mdio_node) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Found MDIO subnode\n");
-
-		plat->mdio_bus_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
-						   sizeof(*plat->mdio_bus_data),
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!plat->mdio_bus_data) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_put_node;
-		}
 		plat->mdio_bus_data->needs_reset = true;
 	}