diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 89ae6d1623aa..3cf409bdb283 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1411,6 +1411,7 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				       priv->phy_iface, &alt_tse_phylink_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->phylink)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create phylink\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->phylink);
 		goto err_init_phy;
 	}