diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
index 1b2f5cae0644..449c55c09b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ int octep_device_setup(struct octep_device *oct)
 
 	ret = octep_ctrl_net_init(oct);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto unsupported_dev;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&oct->tx_timeout_task, octep_tx_timeout_task);
 	INIT_WORK(&oct->ctrl_mbox_task, octep_ctrl_mbox_task);