diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-ipq4019.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-ipq4019.c
index 78b93de636f5..0e13fca8731a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-ipq4019.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-ipq4019.c
@@ -255,8 +255,11 @@ static int ipq4019_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* The platform resource is provided on the chipset IPQ5018 */
 	/* This resource is optional */
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
-	if (res)
+	if (res) {
 		priv->eth_ldo_rdy = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
+		if (IS_ERR(priv->eth_ldo_rdy))
+			return PTR_ERR(priv->eth_ldo_rdy);
+	}
 
 	bus->name = "ipq4019_mdio";
 	bus->read = ipq4019_mdio_read_c22;