diff --git a/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c b/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
index 9142c1a..8702e73 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/lp872x.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	of_property_read_u8(np, "ti,general-config", &pdata->general_config);
 	if (of_find_property(np, "ti,update-config", NULL))
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@
 
 	pdata->dvs = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct lp872x_dvs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata->dvs)
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	pdata->dvs->gpio = of_get_named_gpio(np, "ti,dvs-gpio", 0);
 	of_property_read_u8(np, "ti,dvs-vsel", (u8 *)&pdata->dvs->vsel);
@@ -910,11 +910,14 @@
 		[LP8725] = LP8725_NUM_REGULATORS,
 	};
 
-	if (cl->dev.of_node)
+	if (cl->dev.of_node) {
 		pdata = lp872x_populate_pdata_from_dt(&cl->dev,
 					      (enum lp872x_id)id->driver_data);
-	else
+		if (IS_ERR(pdata))
+			return PTR_ERR(pdata);
+	} else {
 		pdata = dev_get_platdata(&cl->dev);
+	}
 
 	lp = devm_kzalloc(&cl->dev, sizeof(struct lp872x), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lp)