diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
index 98b6cb9505d1..8487ecaa4d30 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
@@ -767,8 +767,6 @@ static int cobalt_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 err_wq:
 	destroy_workqueue(cobalt->irq_work_queues);
 err:
-	if (retval == 0)
-		retval = -ENODEV;
 	cobalt_err("error %d on initialization\n", retval);
 
 	v4l2_device_unregister(&cobalt->v4l2_dev);